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成立
Mandarin · pinyin chéng lì
Meanings
- to establish
- to set up
- to be tenable
- to hold water
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2–4 · cheng2 li4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sing4 laap6 · sing4 lap6
Cantonese word readings for 成立. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to found; to establish
- to hold water; to be tenable
- (Internet, slang) Clipping of 價格成立 /价格成立 (“(of a price, deal, or promotion) to be valid and successfully purchasable, i.e. the discounted price works at checkout and orders can be placed at that price”)
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