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致

Mandarin · pinyin zhì

(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey
(bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently

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致: zhì · send, deliver, present; cause

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character · Etymology 1

to send; to deliver; to present
to express; to convey
to cause; to incur
to devote; to exhaust; to use up (one's energy, efforts, etc.)
to achieve; to attain
engaging style; manner or style that engages attention or arouses interest
to result in; so that
(Hokkien) to contract (an illness)
a surname, Zhi

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