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false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

beard; must; necessary

婿

son-in-law; husband

a river in Hunan

cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded

xuān

lively, noisy; to clamor, to talk loudly

xuān

to pull up one's sleeves; to prepare to fight

xuān

day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva

xuàn

to render; to exaggerate, to embellish, to add layers of color

xuàn

variegated, adorned; brilliant

xūn

deeds, feats; merit; rank

xún

to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient

xún

to obey, to follow, to comply with

xùn

mild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th of the 8 trigrams

elegant, graceful, refined

to weed out, to pull up, to eradicate

yān

to block up; to sink; to stain

yān

to salt, to cure; to pickle, to marinate

yán

cliff, rocks, mountain

yán

bamboo mat; banquet, feast

yán

millipede

yǎn

gemstone fire; scintillation

yàn

dam, dike, embankment

yàn

flame, blaze; glowing, blazing

yàn

fierce flames; conflagration

yān

Chinese character

yàn

inkstone

yàn

wild goose

yáng

to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise

yáng

rice weevil

yáo

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

yáo

rumor; folksong, ballad

yǎo

a place name in Shanxi province

palm tree, coconut tree

grandfather, old man

sickness; repeated

armpit

one (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield

woodlouse

to bequeath, to pass on

to hand down, to give to, to bequeath

to lose; a lost article

chair, seat

to surpass, to overtake, to excel

yīn

dumb, mute; the sobbing of an infant

yīn

to bury; to dam, to block up; mound

yǐn

to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink

yīng

a gem's luster; crystal

yǐng

a river in Anhui

yìng

firm, hard, strong; obstinate

ah, final particle

yóng

to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath

yǒng

to gush, to well up, to bubble up

yǒng

to sing, to hum, to chant

yóu

to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam

yóu

similar to, just like, as

yóu

sto wander, to travel, to roam

鱿
yóu

cuttlefish

yòu

enamel, glaze

a county in the Shandong province

pleasant, delightful; to please

to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap

to change; Chongqing

fat; rich, fertile; soft, plump

to jump over; to exceed, to surpass

metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like

residence, lodge, dwelling

chariot; to drive, to ride; to manage

to bore with an awl; bright, charming

rich, plentiful, abundant

to meet, to encounter, to come across