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鈍

简钝 · 繁鈍

Mandarin · pinyin dùn

blunt
stupid

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钝: dùn · blunt, obtuse; dull; flat; dull-witted

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4 · dun4

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dull; blunt; not sharp
dull-witted; dim-witted; slow-witted; stupid
(Northern Wu) to satirise; to mock; to disparage
a surname, Dun

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