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充

Mandarin · pinyin chōng

sufficient; full
to fill
to serve as; to act as
to act falsely as; to pose as

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充: chōng · fill, be full, supply

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cung1

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to fill
full
(archaic) to serve as

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