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寒碜

hán chen

2-character word Traditional 寒磣

What 寒碜 means

ugly
shameful
to ridicule

The characters in 寒碜

寒háncold; poor; to tremble
碜chěngritty (of food); unsightly

Sounds the same

Read hán chen, tone for tone, but written differently.

寒伧variant of 寒碜

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