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Mandarin · pinyin tài bǎo#

a very high official in ancient China
juvenile delinquents

Mandarin · pinyin Tài bǎo#

Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County 嘉義縣 Jiā yì Xiàn, west Taiwan

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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
保: bǎo · protect, safeguard, defend, care

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4–3 · tai4 bao3

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noun

(historical, pre-Qin) chief court advisor
(historical) Grand Guardian (title for a very high official in imperial China)
(literary) temple attendant
(literary, honorific) servant
(literary) hooligan; hoodlum; juvenile delinquent

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(～市, formerly ～鄉, ～區) Taibao (a city in Chiayi County, Taiwan)

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