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肄業

简肄业 · 繁肄業

Mandarin · pinyin yì yè

to attend (a school)
to drop out (of college etc)

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肄: yì · learn, practice, study; toil
業: Look up this written character
业: yè · profession, business; GB radical 111

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4–4 · yi4 ye4

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ji6 jip6

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verb

to attend school; to study at college
to leave school before graduation; to drop out

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