消
verb C2- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
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」众邻居道：「这自然，何消吩咐！
」吴王道：「孤是一个粗卤汉子，今得见先生儒者气像，不觉功利之见顿消。
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