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saan1
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gamey; rank odor(of sheep or goats or meats) Stroke count: 17
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 4153 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by theABC on 6th Aug 2007 07:31 and last edited on 31st Oct 2013 16:00 |
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腥膻
sing1 saan1 = stinking smell as of fish or mutton
如蟻附膻
jyu4 ngai5 fu6 saan1 = leaning on poweful people for support (lit., "like ants swarming to rank odors") |
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Unicode code for this character: U+81bb (off-site link)
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