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狴犴

bì àn

2-character word

What 狴犴 means

  1. literarymythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors
  2. literaryprison

The characters in 狴犴

Sounds the same

Read bì àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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