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封頂
简 封顶 · 繁 封頂Mandarin · pinyin fēng dǐng
Meanings
- to put a roof (on a building)
- to cap the roof (finishing a building project)
- fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc)
- to top off
- fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates)
- to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
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1–3 · feng1 ding3
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fung1 deng2
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verb
- (architecture) to seal the top with a roof or ceiling; to top out a building
- (finance) to set a limit of the total budget allocation
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