包乾兒

简 包干儿 · 繁 包乾兒
Mandarin · pinyin bāo gān r

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  1. erhua variant of 包乾 bāo gān
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包
bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
乾
qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
兒
ér · son, child, oneself; final part
干
gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
儿
ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10
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1–1–5 · bao1 gan1 r5

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verb

  1. (Mandarin) erhua form of 包乾/包干 (bāogān, “to be responsible for a task until it is completed”)

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