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退選

简退选 · 繁退選

Mandarin · pinyin tuì xuǎn

to withdraw from an election
to drop out of an elective course

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退: tuì · step back, retreat, withdraw
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选: xuǎn · choose, select; elect; election

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4–3 · tui4 xuan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

teoi3 syun2

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

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verb

to drop out of an election
to drop out of a course

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