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暌违

kuí wéi

2-character word Traditional 暌違

What 暌违 means

1. literaryto be separated (from a friend, one's homeland etc) for a period of time

The characters in 暌违

• 暌kuíin opposition to; separated from
• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate

Sounds the same

Read kuí wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 睽违variant of 暌违

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