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栽

Mandarin · pinyin zāi

to plant; to grow
to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
to impose sth on sb
to stumble; to fall down

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栽: zāi · to cultivate, plant; to care for plants

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to cultivate; to plant; to grow
seedling; sprout
to care for plants; to tend to
to insert
to impose on; to force onto someone
to tumble
(by extension) to fail

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to build using an ancient method of architectural construction

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(alt-of, alternative) only used in 栽瞌睡, alternative form of 跩瞌睡

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