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澈

Mandarin · pinyin chè

clear (water)
thorough

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澈: chè · thoroughly, completely

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(of liquid) clear; limpid
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 徹 /彻 (chè, “thorough”)
(Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Hokkien) clean
(Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, often as a verbal complement) nothing left; all gone; bare; stripped
(Hainanese) empty
(Leizhou Min) all; completely

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