è yú jiādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
crocodile clip / spring clip
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Original source entry:

鱷魚夾 鳄鱼夹 [e4 yu2 jia1] /crocodile clip/spring clip/

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Other forms in these source records: 鱷魚夾

  • 鳄
    è

    (bound form) alligator / crocodile

  • 鱼
    yú

    fish (CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bào yú], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[è yú] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhāng yú])

    Yú

    surname Yu

  • 夹
    gā

    used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[gā zhi wō]

    jiā

    to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jiá]

    jiá

    double-layered (quilt) / lined (garment)

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