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Traditional form:

Pinyin (reading):

yǎn

Definitions:

  • eye (CL:隻/只 (zhī),雙/双 (shuāng))
  • (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance
  • small hole
  • (bound form) salient point
  • classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

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