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汶

Mandarin · pinyin Wèn

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川)
classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國

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汶: wèn · a river in Shandong province

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4 · Wen4

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man4 · man6

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(～水) river in Shandong province

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(historical dictionaries only) sticky saliva
a surname

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 岷 (mín)

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to disgrace; to humiliate See also: 汶濛
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 惽 /惛 (“depressed, worried”)

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(Hakka) muddy; turbid

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