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污穢

简污秽 · 繁污穢

Mandarin · pinyin wū huì

(literary) dirty; filthy
(literary) dirt; filth

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污: wū · filthy, dirty, impure, polluted
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秽: huì · dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene

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1–4 · wu1 hui4

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wu1 wai3

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adj

dirty; filthy

noun

dirt; filth

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