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寄託

简寄托 · 繁寄託

Mandarin · pinyin jì tuō

to entrust (to sb)
to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)

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寄: jì · send, transmit, mail; rely on
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托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on

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4–1 · ji4 tuo1

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gei3 tok3

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

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verb

to entrust to the care of; to have someone look after someone
to place one's hopes on (or other feelings)
to rest in; live in

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