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揩拭

kāi shì

2-character word

What 揩拭 means

1. to wipe off; to wipe clean

The characters in 揩拭

• 揩kāito wipe
• 拭shìto wipe

Sounds the same

Read kāi shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 开示to instruct (novices); to preach; to teach; to reveal
• 开市(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading…
• 开释to release (a prisoner)

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