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骨朵

Mandarin · pinyin gū duo#

(coll.) flower bud

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ duǒ#

club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip)
(flower) bud

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骨: gǔ · bone; skeleton; frame, framework; Kangxi radical 188
朵: duǒ · cluster of flowers; earlobe

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1–5 · gu1 duo5

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gwat1 do2

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noun

(colloquial) flower bud
(literary, historical) a kind of round snack made of flour common in the Song and Yuan dynasties

noun

(literary, historical) a kind of mace used in ancient China
(literary, historical) short for 骨朵子直
(literary) meat

adj

(literary) round and protruding

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