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想出

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎng chū

to figure out
to work out (a solution etc)
to think up
to come up with (an idea etc)

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想: xiǎng · think, speculate, plan, consider
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce

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3–1 · xiang3 chu1

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