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捩

Mandarin · pinyin liè

tear
twist

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捩: liè · twist with hands; snap, tear

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4 · lie4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lai2 · lai6 · leoi6 · lit6

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

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) to turn around
(literary) to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); to remedy

character · Etymology 2

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to pick up something with one's fingertips, especially with one's thumb and forefinger

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