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CHINESE CHARACTER
qì
砌
砌
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lay bricks; build
- Numbered pinyin
- qi4
- English meanings
- to build by laying bricks or stones; to stack
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beg
enterprise; hope
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cold; sad
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device; instrument
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contract; agree
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how can; how could
rugged; uneven
abandon; discard
relative; sorrow
flag; banner
measure word (events)
perch; dwell
chess
deceive
fork; difference
air
air
steam
to steep (tea)
weep
paint
pray; beseech
aspect marker
up to; so far
sit
neat; even; together
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