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營業
简 营业 · 繁 營業Mandarin · pinyin yíng yè
Meanings
- to do business
- to trade
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2–4 · ying2 ye4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jing4 jip6
Cantonese word readings for 營業. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to run a business; to do business; to trade; to be open
- (neologism, slang, chiefly idol fandom) to perform one's social role; particularly to treat one's idolship as a job, and thus maintain one's social media accounts or interact with fans online to build one's perceived public image
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