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夹板

jiā bǎn

2-character word Traditional 夾板

What 夹板 means

1. wooden boards used to press sth together
2. medicinesplint

The characters in 夹板

• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate

Words containing 夹板

• 受夹板气shòu jiā bǎn qìto be attacked by both sides in a quarrel; to be caught in the crossfire

Sounds the same

Read jiā bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 枷板cangue; fig. difficult situation

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