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諭示

简谕示 · 繁諭示

Mandarin · pinyin yù shì

to issue a directive
to instruct (that sth be done)

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示: shì · show, manifest; demonstrate; Kangxi radical 113
谕: yù · proclaim, instruct; edict

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4–4 · yu4 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu6 si6

Cantonese word readings for 諭示. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(literary) instruction; command
(computer science, chiefly Mainland China) oracle (theoretical entity capable of providing answers)

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