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褫

Mandarin · pinyin chǐ

to strip
to deprive of
to discharge
to dismiss
to undress

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褫: chǐ · strip, tear off, undress

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character · Etymology 1

(originally) to take off, strip off (clothes)
(in general) to snatch away
(literary, in compounds) to strip of, deprive of
to pull, seize
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fall apart; anything damaged
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lax, slack

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) to open up; to prop open
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to smooth out; to extend open

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