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吊诡

diào guǐ

2-character word Traditional 弔詭

What 吊诡 means

1. bizarre
2. paradoxical
3. a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ})

The characters in 吊诡

• 吊diàoto suspend; to hang up; to hang a person
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…

Words starting with 吊诡

• 吊诡矜奇diào guǐ jīn qístrange and paradoxical

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