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手足

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu zú

hands and feet
(fig.) brothers
retinue, henchmen, accomplices

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手: shǒu · hand
足: zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156

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3–2 · shou3 zu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 zuk1

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noun

(literally) hands and feet
(figurative, literary) parts of the same body; people who are inseparable or intimately connected
(figurative) brothers; siblings
(figurative) accomplices; retinue; henchmen
(neologism, Hong Kong politics) fellow Hong Kong protestors

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