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Mandarin · pinyin bào xiào

render service to repay kindness

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效: xiào · result, effect; effectiveness
报: bào · report, tell, announce

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4–4 · bao4 xiao4

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verb

to render service (to one's motherland); to repay kindness (of the emperor); to affirm loyalty (to one's country); to serve (the nation)
(Singapore Hokkien) to donate money; to provide financial assistance

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