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絮

Mandarin · pinyin xù

cotton wadding
fig. padding
long-winded

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絮: xù · waste cotton, raw silk or cotton

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character · Etymology 1

(archaic) coarse silk floss
cotton; cotton wadding
(botany) down, the pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, particularly willow and poplar.
to wad with cotton or silk floss
long-winded
bored; fed up; sick of something

character · Etymology 2

a surname

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to mix; to stir

character · Etymology 4

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of silk) disorderly; tangled

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