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叔叔

shúshu·ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄕㄨ

“father's younger brother; paternal uncle; a man of one's father's generation younger than one's father; husband's younger brother; a friendly term for a man around one's father's age”

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叔

shú·ㄕㄨˊ

Uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; also used for a father's friend of similar age; can mean third-born brother or declining/late period.