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掄

简抡 · 繁掄

Mandarin · pinyin lūn#

to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)
to wave (a sword, one's fists)
to fling (money)

Mandarin · pinyin lún#

to select

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掄: Look up this written character
抡: lūn · swing, brandish, flourish

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to swing; to brandish
to throw; to scatter
(figurative) to spend freely
(dialectal) to scold
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to select; to choose

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