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Mandarin · pinyin liè piàn

Meanings

  1. splinter
  2. chip
  3. tear (split in a surface)
  4. lobe
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liè · split, crack, break open; rend
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piàn · slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91
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4–4 · lie4 pian4

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