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輟耕

简辍耕 · 繁輟耕

Mandarin · pinyin chuò gēng

to stop plowing
to give up a life in the fields

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耕: gēng · plow, cultivate
辍: chuò · stop, suspend, halt

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4–1 · chuo4 geng1

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zyut3 gaang1

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