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報銷

简报销 · 繁報銷

Mandarin · pinyin bào xiāo

to submit an expense account
to apply for reimbursement
to write off
to wipe out

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報: Look up this written character
銷: Look up this written character
报: bào · report, tell, announce
销: xiāo · melt, fuse; market, sell

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4–1 · bao4 xiao1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou3 siu1

Cantonese word readings for 報銷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to apply for reimbursement; to get one's expenses reimbursed; to submit one's expenses
to report as unusable
(figuratively, humorous) to wipe out; to eliminate; to be in total loss

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