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CHINESE CHARACTER
xiá
侠
侠
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hero; knight
- Numbered pinyin
- xia2
- English meanings
- hero; knight-errant; chivalrous person; swordsman
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under (condition/fact etc.)
cow
summer; Xia dynasty
gorge; strait
leisure; free time
narrow; petty
flaw; blemish
blind
prawn
shrimp; prawn
govern; jurisdiction
far; distant
rosy clouds
Example sentences
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- 01
tā他mèngxiǎng梦想chéngwéi成为yī一míng名xiá侠kè客。
He dreams of becoming a knight-errant.
- 02
zhè这bù部wǔ武xiá侠xiǎoshuō小说hěn很shòu受huānyíng欢迎。
This martial arts novel is very popular.
Related words
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