charcoal is a command lien dictionary that’s an alternative to wudao-dict.
charcoal caches up your queries, both text and audio. While it’s nice for repetitive queries, it takes up some space.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Colorized output.
- Optional speech.
Website: github.com/LighghtEeloo/charcoal
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Developer: LighghtEeloo
License: MIT License

charcoal is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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