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嚲

简亸 · 繁嚲

Mandarin · pinyin duǒ

hang down

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嚲: Look up this written character
亸: duǒ · read aloud, recite, chant; droop

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3 · duo3

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do2

Cantonese word readings for 嚲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) to hang down; to droop
(literary) to sway; to flutter in the wind
(literary) to relax; to loosen
(literary) alternative form of 躲 (duǒ, “to hide; to conceal oneself”)

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