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傭

简佣 · 繁傭

Mandarin · pinyin yōng

to hire
to employ
servant
hired laborer
domestic help

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servant; maid
to employ; to hire
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) salary; wages
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 庸 (“ordinary; mediocre; a kind of tax during the Tang dynasty”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) equal; even; fair; just

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