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异物

yì wù

2-character word Traditional 異物

What 异物 means

1. rarity
2. rare delicacy
3. foreign matter
4. alien body
5. the dead
6. ghost
7. monstrosity
8. alien life-form

The characters in 异物

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…

Sounds the same

Read yì wù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 义务duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc)

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