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雨

Mandarin · pinyin yǔ#

rain
Classifier: 陣 zhèn, 場 cháng

Mandarin · pinyin yù#

(literary) to rain
(of rain, snow etc) to fall
to precipitate
to wet

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雨: yǔ · rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173

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3 · yu3

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jyu5 · jyu6

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rain (Classifier: 陣／阵; 場／场)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) friend
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) teaching; instruction

character

(literary) to rain
(literary, of rain, snow, tears, etc.) to fall (like rain)
(literary) to moisten

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