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青涩

qīng sè

2-character word Traditional 青澀

What 青涩 means

1. underripe
2. (fig.) young and inexperienced

The characters in 青涩

• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 涩sèastringent; tart; acerbity

Sounds the same

Read qīng sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 青色cyan; blue-green

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