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漦

Character · NounTraditional沶

saliva; spittle; drool

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

saliva; spittle; drool

archaic

An archaic literary term for saliva. Not used in modern spoken or written language.

Chuí垂
chí沶
sān三
chǐ尺
 (
 形
 容
 极
 其
 贪
 婪
 )
 。

Drooling three feet long (an idiom describing extreme greed).

Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
ǒu偶
jiàn见
‘‘
chí沶
 ’
zì字
 ,
yì意
zhǐ指
kǒu口
shuǐ水
 。

The character '沶', meaning saliva, is occasionally seen in ancient texts.