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句逗

Mandarin · pinyin jù dòu

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)
period 句號 and comma 逗號
sentences and phrases

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句: jù · sentence
逗: dòu · tempt, allure, arouse, stir

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4–4 · ju4 dou4

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geoi3 dau6

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