察納

简 察纳 · 繁 察納
Mandarin · pinyin chá nà

Meanings

  1. to investigate and accept
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察
chá · examine, investigate; notice
納
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纳
nà · admit, take, receive, accept
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2–4 · cha2 na4

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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

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caat3 naap6

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