There was a shortage of fuel.
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短
duǎn
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duǎn · dyun2 (Jyutping)
- short
- brief
- to lack
- weak point
- fault
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Character breakdown
短
- Meaning
- short; brief; deficient, lacking
- Radical
- 矢
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰矢豆
- Cangjie
- OKMRT
- Four-corner
- 8141.8
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Example sentences
I like short hair.
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