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大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly
多半 duō bàn most / mostly / most likely
十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority
太半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly
泰半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
大篷车 dà péng chē covered truck / covered wagon / bus with some seating but mostly standing room
吸虫 xī chóng trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
怂 sǒng used mostly in 慫恿|怂恿[song3 yong3] / (literary) terrified
槚 jiǎ Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees / old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶 / also called Thea sinensis / small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)
汤玉麟 Tāng Yù lín Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
侧生动物 cè shēng dòng wù parazoan (animal of the subkingdom Parazoa, mostly sponges)
圐圙 kū lu:è enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword) / now mostly replaced by 庫倫|库伦[ku4 lun2]
辜鸿铭 Gū Hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
冘 yóu (bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]
妘 Yún surname Yun / (used in given names, mostly female names)
姈 líng (literary) (of a woman) intelligent / (used mostly in female names)
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