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出處

简出处 · 繁出處

Mandarin · pinyin chū chù

source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion)
origin
where sth comes from

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
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处: chù · place, locale; department

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1–4 · chu1 chu4

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ceot1 cyu3

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noun

source (of a quotation, citation, idiom, allusion, etc.); origin (of a product)

verb

(literary) to be an official or to resign and live in seclusion

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