涩

sè

puckery; astringent, unsmooth; hard-going, hard to understand; obscure

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acerbity; astringent; difficult; obscure; unsmooth

【化】 kaku-shibu

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acerbity

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sè

adj. puckery, astringent, unsmooth

sè

v. hard to understand, obscure, go hard

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se4

astringent, tart, acerbity, unsmooth, rough(surface), hard to understand, obscure

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涩(澀、澁)

sè

形

（使舌头感到麻木干燥的味道） puckery; astringent:

这柿子涩。 The persimmon tastes puckery.

（不滑润） unsmooth; hard-going:

轮轴发涩, 该上油了。 The axle doesn't work smoothly. It needs oiling.

（不流畅; 难读; 难懂） obscure; difficult:

文句艰涩 make difficult reading;

诗中晦涩难读的语言 obscure language in a poem

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澀|涩 [sè] ► astringent ► tart ► acerbity ► unsmooth ► rough (surface) ► hard to understand ► obscure