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晦澀

简晦涩 · 繁晦澀

Mandarin · pinyin huì sè

difficult to understand
cryptic

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晦: huì · dark, unclear, obscure; night
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涩: sè · astringent; harsh; uneven, rough

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4–4 · hui4 se4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fui3 sap1

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

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adj

(of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse

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