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Word · VerbTraditional嚪

to eat; to entice

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Meanings

2 senses · 2 examples
1.

verb

to eat; to swallow

literary

Literary or classical Chinese equivalent of '啖'. Archaic usage.

Rì日
dàn嚪
lì荔
zhī枝
sān三
bǎi百
kē颗
 。

Eat three hundred lychees daily.

2.

verb

to entice; to lure with benefits

literary

Literary usage, meaning to entice someone by offering food or profit.

Yǐ以
lì利
dàn嚪
zhī之
 。

To entice them with profit.