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站崗

简站岗 · 繁站崗

Mandarin · pinyin zhàn gǎng

to stand guard
to serve on sentry duty

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站: zhàn · stand up; a stand, station
崗: Look up this written character
岗: gǎng · post; position

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4–3 · zhan4 gang3

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zaam6 gong1

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verb

(military) to perform sentry duty; to keep watch
(figurative, humorous, usually of a man) to regularly wait at a place which is frequented by someone he or she is attracted to

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