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大使

Mandarin · pinyin dà shǐ

ambassador
envoy
Classifier: 名 míng, 位 wèi

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

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4–3 · da4 shi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 sai2 · daai6 si3

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noun · Etymology 1

ambassador (minister, messenger or corporate representative) (Classifier: 名 m; 位 m)

adj · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) lavish; extravagant; profuse; wasteful

verb · Etymology 2

(Cantonese, Hakka) to spend money lavishly; to spend uncontrollably

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