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蹙

Mandarin · pinyin cù

to knit (one's brows)
wrinkled (of brows)
to hesitate
distressed

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蹙: cù · urgent, suddenly; grieve, lament

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4 · cu4

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cuk1 · zuk1

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to knit (one's brows)
to approach; to close in on
to force; to compel
to shrink; to contract
urgent; critical
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 蹴 (“to tread on; to kick”)

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