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硌

Mandarin · pinyin gè

(coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe)
to hurt
to chafe

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硌: gè · to have something hard press against the body and cause pain (such as a pebble in a shoe); a large stone on a mountain

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4 · ge4

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gok3 · lok3 · lok6

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) boulder on a mountain
(historical dictionaries only) jade-like stone
used in 砟硌 and 確硌／确硌

character · Etymology 2

(colloquial, of something hard, sharp or uneven) to press painfully against (part of someone's body); to hurt, chafe
Used in onomatopoeia
(dialectal) used in 硌蹴

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