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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.fine-toothed comb
  2. 2.to comb

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.fine-tooth comb
  2. 2.to comb with a fine-tooth comb; to fine-tooth comb
  3. 3.to learn or think about every detail; to comb through
  4. 4.a kind of ornament on ancient flags
  5. 5.an ancient instrument of torture used to inflict blows
  6. 6.stem and leaves of a plant

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *piː, *bis): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 𣬉 (pí). Related to 比 (OC *pis, *bis, “dense; closely packed”) (Shiming; Wang, 1982; Zhengzhang, 2003). Compare 梳 (OC *sŋra, “comb”), usually thought to be related to 疏 (OC *sŋra, “sparse”).

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