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搢

Mandarin · pinyin jìn

shake
stick into
strike

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(literary or Hokkien) to stick into; to insert
(literary) to shake; to ring
(Hokkien) to squeeze one's way in; to cram in
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to try to be the first to do something
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to go in the opposite direction

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