瘌痢

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Chinese

scabies; scald-head dysentery
simp. and trad.
(瘌痢)
alternative forms 鬎鬁
癩痢癞痢

Pronunciation


Noun

瘌痢

  1. (medicine) favus of the scalp; tinea capitis

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Adjective

瘌痢

  1. (dialectal) affected by tinea capitis
  2. (Cantonese) mean; pitiless; hard to get along with

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