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尺cek3牘duk6

simp尺牍
cek3 duk6chǐ dú

English

  1. (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
  2. A textbook that contains different examples for letters.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 例文集，收錄各式傳統中文書信格式供學習。尺牘係古人書寫嘅工具，牘指書寫時嘅木簡，後來以一尺木簡作書信，故俗稱尺牘，後來發展成為傳統書信嘅代名詞。

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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