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宿怨

sù yuàn

2-character word

What 宿怨 means

1. an old grudge
2. old scores to settle

The characters in 宿怨

• 宿sùlodge for the night; old; former
• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

Sounds the same

Read sù yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夙愿long-cherished wish
• 诉愿to appeal; an appeal (law)
• 宿愿long-cherished wish

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