瑟瑟

Mandarin · pinyin sè sè

Meanings

  1. trembling
  2. rustling
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sè · large stringed musical instrument; dignified, massive; sound of wind
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4–4 · se4 se4

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noun

  1. (literary) a kind of dark green gemstone
  2. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind; sough; rustle

adj

  1. (literary) dark green
  2. (literary, ideophonic) cold
  3. (literary, ideophonic) desolate
  4. (ideophonic) shivering; trembling
  5. (ideophonic) rustling; swishing
  6. (Internet slang) censored spelling of 色色 (sèsè, “erotic; perverted; lewd; horny”)

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