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1.
dǒuken
v.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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To dive or plunge (into sth.);
ben douked
, be immersed (in sin, hell).
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2.
dọ̄ke
n.
25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A duck of any kind (male or female, wild or tame, young or old);
drinken with the doke
, to drink only water; (b)
donghil doke
, barnyard duck;
wilde doke
, (c) the likeness of a duck.
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