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戰慄

简战栗 · 繁戰慄

Mandarin · pinyin zhàn lì

to tremble
shudder

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战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle
栗: lì · chestnut tree, chestnuts; surname

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verb

(literary) to tremble; to shudder (from fear or being cold)

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