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豔

简艳 · 繁豔

Mandarin · pinyin yàn

bright; fresh and attractive; glamorous
(bound form) amorous; romantic
(literary) to admire; to envy

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艳: yàn · beautiful, sexy, voluptuous

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(of color) bright and gorgeous; gaudy
relating to love relationships; romantic
(literary) to envy; to admire
(～日) (telegraphy) the twenty-ninth day of a month
a surname

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