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靠夭

kào yāo

2-character word

What 靠夭 means

1. variant of {靠腰|kào yāo}

The characters in 靠夭

• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read kào yāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 靠腰(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau])…