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Mandarin · pinyin pān yuán

to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)

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攀: pān · climb; pull; hang on to
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缘: yuán · hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

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1–2 · pan1 yuan2

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verb

to climb; to clamber; to scale
to climb a social ladder through pull

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