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使喚

简使唤 · 繁使喚

Mandarin · pinyin shǐ huan

to order sb around
(coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc)
Taiwan pr. shǐ huàn

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使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
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唤: huàn · call

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3–5 · shi3 huan5

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verb

to order someone about; to be bossy
to use; to handle (of tools)

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