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Mandarin · pinyin zhào fā

approved for distribution
to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employee is on maternity leave)

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照: zhào · shine, illumine, reflect
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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4–1 · zhao4 fa1

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