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WordTOCFL Level 5stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #14,942

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túwù

“towering; lofty; rising high and steep; sudden; abrupt; unexpected; startling.”

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To break through; to rush out; to bulge or protrude; to dash forward quickly; suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; a chimney.

To stand tall and prominent; bald or bare; still or yet; to be ignorant; uneasy; to waver or drift.