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Definitions
- 1. to bend in two so as to break
- 2. to defy
- 3. to disobey
- 4. also pr. [ǎo]
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Words Containing 拗
san'ao decoction (TCM)
stubborn
can't persuade
hard to pronounce
tongue twister
to break by twisting
Taiwan pr. [yìng āo]
to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)