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奉行

Mandarin · pinyin fèng xíng

to pursue (a course, a policy)

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奉: fèng · offer; receive; serve; respect
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144

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4–2 · feng4 xing2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fung6 hang4

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verb

to pursue (a policy, course of action, etc.)

noun

(historical) bugyō (title assigned to samurai officials of the Tokugawa government in feudal Japan)

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