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腭裂

è liè

2-character word Traditional 齶裂

What 腭裂 means

1. cleft palate

The characters in 腭裂

• 腭èpalate; roof of the mouth
• 裂lièto split; to crack; to break open

Sounds the same

Read è liè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 恶劣vile; nasty; of very poor quality
• 颚裂cleft palate (birth defect)

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