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依託

简依托 · 繁依託

Mandarin · pinyin yī tuō

to rely on
to depend on
support

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依: yī · rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish
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托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on

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1–1 · yi1 tuo1

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verb

to rely on; to depend on
to keep up a pretence

noun

someone or something to rely on

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