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餒

简馁 · 繁餒

Mandarin · pinyin něi

(bound form) hungry; starving
(bound form) dispirited
(literary) (of fish) putrid

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馁: něi · hungry, starving, famished

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3 · nei3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

neoi5 · noi5

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hungry; starving; famished
discouraged; dispirited; disheartened
(literary, of fish) rotten; putrid

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