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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.to curse
  2. 2.to scold

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to curse; to scold; to abuse verbally

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 网 (“net”) + 言 (“speech; word”). The net is perhaps a reference to the act of punishing somebody after a verbal abuse when such an abuse is considered an offence. The original version is 𧧧.

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