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劫余

jié yú

2-character word Traditional 劫餘

What 劫余 means

1. remnants after a disaster
2. aftermath

The characters in 劫余

• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余

Sounds the same

Read jié yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结余balance; cash surplus
• 节余to save; savings
• 婕妤second-rank concubine…

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