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Mandarin · pinyin ruá#

(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled
(dialect) (of clothes) worn out
(dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak; feeble
(dialect) (of skill) poor; inferior

Mandarin · pinyin ruó#

to rub
to crumple
Taiwan pr. nuó

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character · Etymology 1

to rub
(Sichuanese, Northern Wu or Internet slang) to knead
(Hakka) to knead; to rub; to massage
(Hokkien) to crush; to squish (with one's finger)
(Mainland China Hokkien) to wash by rubbing; to scrub (clothes, etc.)

character · Etymology 4

(historical) a kind of ritual sacrifice

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