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ái
v. suffer from, to delay, drag out
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Other meanings
[āi]   v./prep. be close to, be next to; one by one, by turns
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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饿
ái è
v. suffer from hunger, to go hungry
ái dǎ
v. suffer beating, come under attack
ái dòng
v. suffer cold
ái mà
v. suffer scolding
ái pī píng
phr. be criticized
ái xùn
v. be criticized
ái fá
v. be fined, be punished
饿
rěn jī ái è
v. suffer hunger, bear hunger
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wǒ ái le bà bà yì tòng mà
phr. My father gave me a good scolding.
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xiǎo wáng zuó tiān ái xùn le .
phr. Xiao Wang was scolded yesterday.
ái zhēn
phr. to receive an injection (undesired by the receiver)
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ái le sān gè xiǎo shí, hái méi lún dào tā .
phr. It's been three hours, and it's still not his turn.
ái shí jiān
phr. to dawdle, to delay, to drag out