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同父異母

简同父异母 · 繁同父異母

Mandarin · pinyin tóng fù yì mǔ

(of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother

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同: tóng · same, similar; together with
父: fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
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母: mǔ · mother; female elders; female
异: yì · different, unusual, strange

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2–4–4–3 · tong2 fu4 yi4 mu3

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adj

born of the same father but a different mother

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