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隩

Mandarin · pinyin yù

bay
cove

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隩: ào · profound, subtle; warm

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4 · yu4

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juk1 · ou3

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(archaic, alt. form 澳) raised riverbank near a bend in the river
(archaic) a faraway habitable location
(archaic) alternative form of 燠 (“warm; hot”)

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(archaic, alt. form 奧／奥) abstruse; profound; deep
(archaic) the southwest corner of a room; the deepest interior of a house

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