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龜裂

简龟裂 · 繁龜裂

Mandarin · pinyin jūn liè

to crack
cracked
fissured
creviced
(of skin) chapped

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龜: Look up this written character
裂: liè · split, crack, break open; rend
龟: guī · turtle or tortoise; cuckold

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1–4 · jun1 lie4

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verb

to be cracked; to be creviced (of earth or objects)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 皸裂 /皲裂 (jūnliè, “to chap”)

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