Better late than never.
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láo
HSK 3.0 · 6
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láo · lou4 (Jyutping)
- (literary) pen; fold (for livestock)
- prison; jail
- firm; secure; fast
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Stop grumbling.
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