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CHINESE CHARACTER
diāo
刁
刁
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tricky; cunning
- Numbered pinyin
- diao1
- English meanings
- tricky; cunning; artful
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
a string of 100 cash (arch.)
drop
view
fish; angle
bird of prey
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