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晃

Mandarin · pinyin huǎng#

to dazzle
to flash past

Mandarin · pinyin huàng#

to sway
to shake
to wander about

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晃: huǎng · bright, dazzling; to sway, shake

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) shining; shiny
to glitter; to shine; to dazzle
to flash past

character · Etymology 1

to sway; to shake

character · Etymology 2

(Xiamen Hokkien) to flit quickly (of something)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to pass unnoticed (of time)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to be evasive (in an answer, report, etc.); to gloss over (a mistake)
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to delay; to postpone; to put off

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