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Pronunciation

Peng'im: zêng1 liang7
POJ: tseng-liāng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adjective: concise; succinct, well-trained, capable (of troops)
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The same Teochew reading covers two separate blocks on the page (an adjective sense 'concise/well-trained' and a distinct verb sense 'to remove impurities in dyeing/printing'); the adjective sense was chosen as the more general, commonly usable meaning.

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