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茬

Mandarin · pinyin chá

stubble (crop residue)
stubble (hair growth)
classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop
sth just said or mentioned

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茬: chá · harvest

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2 · cha2

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caa4 · ci4

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete) grassy
name of a mountain
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(agriculture) stubble (short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested)
stubble (short, coarse hair on a man’s face)
something just said
Classifier for batches of crops.
Classifier for generations or batches of people.
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 槎 (chá, “to chop slantingly”)

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