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畢業

简毕业 · 繁畢業

Mandarin · pinyin bì yè

graduation
to graduate
to finish school

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毕: bì · end, finish, conclude; completed
业: yè · profession, business; GB radical 111

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4–4 · bi4 ye4

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bat1 jip6

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to graduate; to finish school
(Japanese entertainment fandom slang) to graduate (to leave a group)
(figurative, business) to quit [a job]; to be fired

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