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修好
Mandarin · pinyin xiū hǎo
Meanings
- to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged)
- to establish friendly relations with
- (literary) to do meritorious deeds
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1–3 · xiu1 hao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sau1 hou2
Cantonese word readings for 修好. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 修好 (xiūhǎo); 修 (xiū, “to repair”) + 好 (hǎo, “complement indicating completion”)
- (literary) to cultivate a friendship; to foster cordial relations between states
- (regional) to do good deeds
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