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憖

简慭 · 繁憖

Mandarin · pinyin yìn

(literary) to wish; to prefer to
(literary) to incur damage or loss

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慭: yìn · cautious; willing; but

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4 · yin4

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jan6 · ngan6

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

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