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填空

Mandarin · pinyin tián kòng

to fill a job vacancy
to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)

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填: tián · fill in, fill up; make good
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted

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2–4 · tian2 kong4

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tin4 hung1

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verb

(verb-object) to fill a vacant position; to fill a vacancy
(verb-object) to fill in the blanks (in a testpaper)

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