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愈
Mandarin: yu4
Definitions
  1. 1 the more...(the more...)
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 to heal
  4. 4 better
  5. 5 even more
  6. 6 to surpass
  7. 7 to exceed
  8. 8 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
愈
[[the more]] | yuht kùhng yuht gin gwái 愈窮愈見鬼 — the poorer one is,
Words containing 愈
愈加
all the more; even more; further
愈幫愈忙
more help is more interference | also 幫倒忙
愈早愈好
the earlier the better
愈演愈烈
to become ever more violent ; to grow in intensity ; increasingly fierce
每況愈下
steadily deteriorate; get worse continually; go from bad to worse
愈窮愈見鬼
bad luck comes in threes [colloquial]
愈來愈
more and more
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