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NIE NIEN NIO NIU NO NÓ

4
Chattering; vilifying; back-biting; loquacious.
4
Timid; fearing.
4
To take with the hand; to lift up as long garments.
4
To tread upon; to ascent; walk up.
4
Tweezers; forceps; nippers.
4
To take and collect with the fingers; to make a pretext.
4
Black, dirty mud at the bottom of stagnant water.

Nie.

-1
A wooden bridge; a beam or plank; the top beam of a house.
-1
The ridgepole of a house.
-1
To measure; to estimate; to judge; a measure; capacity.
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Grain for food; daily rations; food; taxes.
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A respectful appellation of females.
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An ounce; a tael.

Nien.

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A year; one's age.

Nio.

2
Long and slender; delicate; waving in the wind.
2
Profound; remote; soft; delicate; to wind around.

Niu.

2
To turn or twist with the hand; to wring; to grasp.
2
A proud dog; a fox; accustomed; familiar; disrespectful.
2
To bind; tie; a knot; jointure.
2
To bleed at the nose; to wound.
2
A knob; a button.
-3
An internal feeling or sense of shame.
-3
Mistake; erroneous; falacious; false.

No.

-1
A slave.
-1
Great strength; murderous strength; desperate attack.
-1
Exertion of strength; strenous effort.
-1
Outcry; vociferation; clamor.

Nó.

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Children and grand-children; delicate; a storehouse.
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An ugly old horse; a carriage horse.