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The word "出没" is formed by directly combining the verb "出", meaning to emerge or appear, with the verb "没", meaning to submerge or disappear; this juxtaposition of two antithetical actions creates a single term that denotes the repeated alternation between appearing and vanishing, conveying the concept of intermittent presence.

Word Definition - 出没

chū mò to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set

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