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恩賜

简恩赐 · 繁恩賜

Mandarin · pinyin ēn cì

to bestow (favors, charity etc)

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恩: ēn · kindness, mercy, charity
賜: Look up this written character
赐: cì · give, bestow favors; appoint

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1–4 · en1 ci4

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jan1 ci3

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verb

(literary or archaic) to bestow favour
(modern meaning, chiefly derogatory) to give charity out of pity

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