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  • husk
  • (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
Trad. 穅
  • variant of 糠[kang1]
Trad. 粇
  • old variant of 糠[kang1]
Trad. 篩糠
  • to sift chaff
  • (fig.) to shake all over
  • chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  • (fig.) rubbish
  • junk
  • (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
  • same as 秕糠[bi3 kang1]
Trad. 穀糠
  • grain chaff
  • wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
Trad. 吹糠見米
  • instant results
  • lit. blow the husk and see the rice

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