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頂替

简顶替 · 繁頂替

Mandarin · pinyin dǐng tì

to replace

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頂: Look up this written character
替: tì · change, replace, substitute for
顶: dǐng · top, summit, peak; to carry on the head

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3–4 · ding3 ti4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ding2 tai3

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

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verb

to replace somebody; to take somebody's place; to get a job at one's parent's place of work when the parent retires or dies
to assume somebody's identity (with intent to cheat)

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