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精瘦

jīng shòu

2-character word

What 精瘦 means

1. colloquiallean (figure, meat etc)
2. slender

The characters in 精瘦

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 瘦shòuthin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight

Sounds the same

Read jīng shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 经受to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand

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