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摶

简抟 · 繁摶

Mandarin · pinyin tuán

to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團 tuán)
(literary) to circle; to wheel

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抟: tuán · roll around with hand; model

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2 · tuan2

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knead and roll into a ball
to rely on, to depend on, by means of, thanks to, something that one relies on
aggregate/aggregation, combine/combination

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