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騷

简骚 · 繁騷

Mandarin · pinyin sāo

(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt
flirty; coquettish
abbr. for 離騷 Lí Sāo
(literary) literary writings; poetry
foul-smelling (variant of 臊 sāo)
(dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male

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骚: sāo · harass, bother, annoy, disturb

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character · Etymology 1

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to harass; to bother; to annoy; to disturb; to agitate
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sad; grieved
poetry
coquettish; flirty; provocative
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 臊 (“foul; stinky”)
(Sichuanese) at random
(Lanyin Mandarin) flippant
(Xinjiang Mandarin) awesome

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) show; performance
(Cantonese) to show; to display

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