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遜

简逊 · 繁遜

Mandarin · pinyin xùn

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遜: Look up this written character
逊: xùn · humble, modest; yield

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humble; modest
to abdicate; (of an emperor) to give up the throne
(literary) inferior
(literary) to flee; to escape; to evade
(Internet slang) lame
a respelling of the English patronymic son

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