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民事

Mandarin · pinyin mín shì

civil case
agricultural affairs
civil

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民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

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2–4 · min2 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

man4 si6

Cantonese word readings for 民事. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

(law, attributive) of or relating to civil law; civil

noun

(law) civil law
(literary) farm work; farming; agriculture; husbandry; agricultural affairs
(literary) civil administration
(literary) governmental affairs; politics
(literary) corvee

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