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單薄

简单薄 · 繁單薄

Mandarin · pinyin dān bó

weak
frail
thin
flimsy

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薄: báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

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1–2 · dan1 bo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daan1 bok6

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adj

(of amount of clothing) inadequate; scanty; thin
(of a person) thin; weak; frail (either physically or mentally)
(of power) feeble; flimsy; insubstantial
(of a book) shallow; lacking substance

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