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升斗

Mandarin · pinyin shēng dǒu

liter and decaliter dry measure
(fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff

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升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii

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1–3 · sheng1 dou3

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