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  1. (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty; (modern) to play a transvestite role; to masquerade as an opponent

Characters in this word

2
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contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

Pinyin
fǎn
Strokes
4
Frequency
2794 of 2500
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to string together, to skewer, to connect wrongly, to gang up, to rove, string, bunch, skewer, classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of, to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus), to move across

Pinyin
chuàn
Strokes
7
Frequency
17771 of 2500