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盹 (dǔn) is a verb meaning to doze off or take a brief nap. As a phonosemantic compound, its left component 目 (mù, 'eye') provides the meaning, evoking the eyes shutting or drooping with drowsiness, while the right component 屯 (tún) indicates the pronunciation. It is most often used in the compound 打盹 (dǎdǔn), which describes informal dozing rather than deep sleep.
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