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創制

简创制 · 繁創制

Mandarin · pinyin chuàng zhì

to formulate; to institute; to create

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制: zhì · system; establish; overpower
创: chuàng · establish, create; knife cut

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4–4 · chuang4 zhi4

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verb

to found; to establish; to set up; to create; to develop
to establish a system
to establish a system — (Taiwan, constitutional law) to enact law by referendum

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