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Tue Mar 23

a chinese stroke called zoudian

zoudian

a dot stroke starting at the top and falling to the left

http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring98/chinese.htm

no idea how to pronounce, man!

how to calculate vpost/volumetric weight 

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Sat Aug 22
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