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  *先* | 先* | *先
beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
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  *蜀* | 蜀* | *蜀
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006
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  *磔* | 磔* | *磔
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of ), now called / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread
old Chinese name for Hormuz / now called 霍爾木茲|霍尔木兹
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  *菰* | 菰* | *菰
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋, which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of ) mushroom
in the past always / for a long time now / until now
old name for Kampot province and Kampot town in Cambodia, now written 貢布|贡布
rest for now / stop (usually imperative form)
Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島|印度支那半岛) / (now written 中南半島|中南半岛)
old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India / now called 卡利卡特
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
for now; for the time being; temporarily
old Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉
abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now.
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  *鋍* | 鋍* | *鋍
old term for beryllium, now written 鈹|铍 / variant of 鈸|钹, cymbals
for a long time now; long since


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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