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襤褸

简褴褛 · 繁襤褸

Mandarin · pinyin lán lǚ

(of clothes) ragged; shabby

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褴: lán · ragged, tattered, threadbare
褛: lǚ · lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare

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2–3 · lan2 lu:3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laam4 lau5

Cantonese word readings for 襤褸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

(of clothes) tattered; ragged; shabby

noun

(Classical) tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rag

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