怜 (憐) lián

  1. lián verb to pity; to sympathize
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '憐'; Guoyu '憐' v 1; Unihan '憐')
  2. lián verb to love
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '憐' v 2)
  3. lián noun kindness; preman
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: preman, Japanese: ren (BCSD '憐', p. 503; MW 'preman'; SH '憐', p. 432, Unihan '憐')

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