丁 夫

dīng fūdictionary entry

(in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service

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Original source entry:

丁夫丁夫 [ding1 fu1] /(in ancient times) a man old enough for corvée or military service/

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丁
dīng
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tiān gān] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
zhēng
used in 丁丁[zhēng zhēng]
Dīng
surname Ding
夫
fū
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
fú
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

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