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Aug 6, 2008

凸鼻凹目 well-defined features

凸 (protruding) 鼻 (nose)
凹 (deep-set) 目 (eyes)

Literal enough?


凹凸 uneven, as in "the road is uneven".
"道路凹凸不平".


凹鏡 or 凹面鏡 concave mirror


凸鏡 or 凸面鏡 convex mirror


凹版 intaglio/gravure printing plate


People do use the characters 凸 and 凹 to describe something other than nose or eyes.

What could those possibly be??

As they would say in Hong Kong, yau mou gau cho a ("you've gotta be kidding me").

Yes. I said yes.

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