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沮

Mandarin · pinyin jǔ

to destroy
to stop

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沮: jǔ · stop, prevent; defeated, dejected

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3 · ju3

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ceoi1 · zeoi1 · zeoi2 · zeoi3 · zeoi6

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(obsolete) to stop; to prevent
(obsolete) to end; to terminate
(obsolete) to ruin; to corrupt
(obsolete) gloomy; glum; disheartened
(obsolete) to threaten; to intimidate

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(obsolete) Used in names of bodies of water.
(obsolete) a surname

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) moist; damp

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(obsolete) only used in 涓沮

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(obsolete) only used in 沮陽／沮阳

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