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Mandarin · pinyin pò tí

(literary) to introduce the theme of a composition; to state the gist at the outset
(fig.) to begin tackling an issue; to find a way into a problem
(coll.) to experience sth for the first time (esp. sth unusual)

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
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题: tí · forehead; title, headline; theme

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4–2 · po4 ti2

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