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復讀
简 复读 · 繁 復讀Mandarin · pinyin fù dú
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- to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
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4–2 · fu4 du2
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fuk6 duk6
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verb
- (Mainland China, education) to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
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