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眩

Mandarin · pinyin xuàn

(literary) dizzy
(literary) dazzled; bewildered
to dazzle (variant of 炫 xuàn)

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眩: xuàn · to confuse; dizzy, dazed, disoriented

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4 · xuan4

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jyun4 · jyun6 · waan6

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dizzy; giddy; vertiginous
(literary) puzzled; bewildered
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 炫 (xuàn, “to dazzle”)

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