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負

简负 · 繁負

Mandarin · pinyin fù

to bear
to carry (on one's back)
to turn one's back on
to be defeated
negative (math. etc)

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負: Look up this written character
负: fù · load, burden; carry, bear

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4 · fu4

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fu6

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to carry (on the back); to bear (a burden or responsibility)
to rely on; to load; to burden
to betray; to abandon; to repudiate; to go against
to lose; to be defeated
(mathematics, electricity, etc.) negative

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