批註

简 批注 · 繁 批註
Mandarin · pinyin pī zhù

Meanings

  1. to annotate
  2. to add marginal comments on
  3. criticism
  4. marginalia
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pī · comment, criticize; wholesale
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zhù · concentrate, focus, direct
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1–4 · pi1 zhu4

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noun

  1. annotations and commentaries; marginalia

verb

  1. to annotate and comment on

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