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做活

Mandarin · pinyin zuò huó

to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker)
life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋 wéi qí

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做: zuò · work, make; act
活: huó · live, exist, survive; lively

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4–2 · zuo4 huo2

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