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迫促

Mandarin · pinyin pò cù

to urge
urgent
pressing

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迫: pò · coerce, force, compel; urgent
促: cù · urge, press, hurry; close

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4–4 · po4 cu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bik1 cuk1

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verb

(literary) to approach
to urge; to press; to hurry

adj

pressing; urgent
(literary, of time) brief; short
(Teochew, Singapore Hokkien) annoyed; exasperated; frustrated; stressed; uneasy; terribly upset; fed up

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