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dailycharacter
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Pronunciation
:
duăn
Meaning
:
short/brief, to be deficient
Etymology
:
Arrow 矢 + 豆 (phonetic). (
phono-semantic compound
).
Traditional character
: 短 (the same)
Found in
:
Du Fu's 春望
Word of the day on: 05.04.08