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Results for “夭”

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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

夭yāo

(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yǎo]) / (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

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夭yāo

(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yǎo]) (variant of 夭[yāo])

夭折yāo zhé

to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely

逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāo

to escape without trace (idiom) / to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels

夭亡yāo wáng

to die young

夭寿yāo shòu

to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life

夭殇yāo shāng

to die young

早夭zǎo yāo

to die young

靠夭kào yāo

variant of 靠腰[kào yāo]

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