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批閱

简批阅 · 繁批閱

Mandarin · pinyin pī yuè

to read through to evaluate
to referee

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批: pī · comment, criticize; wholesale
閱: Look up this written character
阅: yuè · examine, inspect, review, read

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1–4 · pi1 yue4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

pai1 jyut6

Cantonese word readings for 批閱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to read over official papers; to read and amend or comment on (writings, texts, etc.)

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