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解圍

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Mandarin · pinyin jiě wéi

to lift a siege
to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment

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解: jiě · loosen, unfasten, untie; explain; hexagram ䷧
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围: wéi · surround, encircle, corral

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3–2 · jie3 wei2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaai2 wai4

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verb

to force an enemy to raise a siege; to rescue somebody from a siege
to help somebody out of a predicament; to save somebody from embarrassment
(literary) to break out of an encirclement (by an enemy force)

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