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燕yàn梳shū

  1. (dialect) insurance (loanword)

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燕
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Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning, north Hebei, the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436), surname Yan

Pinyin
Yān
Strokes
16
Words starting with 燕Words ending in 燕Anywhere in a word
梳
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to comb, (bound form) a comb

Pinyin
shū
Strokes
11
Frequency
16580 of 2500
Words starting with 梳Words ending in 梳Anywhere in a word