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Pronunciation: yīng/yìng
Meaning:
yīng: should, ought to
yìng: to respond to, to answer, to comply with
Etymology:
Hearts 心 of birds flying together 雁.  (associative compound).  Simplified character is a special simplification.

Traditional character: 應

Found in:
Han Yu's 左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘
Li ShangYin's 无题

Word of the day on: 07.31.08

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