shāi​kāng

to shiver

  • created sense approved 筛糠/篩糠 · shāi​kāng · to shiver — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    筛糠 / 篩糠

    shāi​kāng

    to shiver

    (colloquial) to shake or shiver all over from fear, cold, or illness; literally means to sift chaff, which involves a rapid shaking motion

    筛, 糠

    筛 (literal) → 筛/篩 · shāi · to sift 糠 (literal) → 糠 · kāng · to shiver

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 筛糠/篩糠 · shāi​kāng · to sift chaff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    筛糠 / 篩糠

    shāi​kāng

    to sift chaff

    to use a sieve to separate chaff from grain, involving a back-and-forth shaking motion

    筛, 糠

    筛 (literal) → 筛/篩 · shāi · to sift 糠 (literal) → 糠 · kāng · chaff

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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