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茹

Mandarin · pinyin rú#

to eat
(extended meaning) to endure
putrid smell
vegetables
roots (inextricably attached to the plant)

Mandarin · pinyin Rú#

surname Ru

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茹: rú · roots; vegetables; eat; bear

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character · Etymology 1

to eat
(literary) to bear
(literary) to guess
(literary) soft
(literary) corrupted
(literary) vegetables
a surname
(organic chemistry) rubicene

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