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運行

简运行 · 繁運行

Mandarin · pinyin yùn xíng

(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course
(fig.) to function; to be in operation
(of a train service etc) to operate; to run
(of a computer) to run

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運: Look up this written character
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
运: yùn · luck, fortune; ship, transport

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4–2 · yun4 xing2

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wan6 hang4

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verb

to be in motion; to move; (of a computer) to run

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