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投入

Mandarin · pinyin tóu rù

Meanings

  1. to throw into
  2. to put into
  3. to throw oneself into
  4. to participate in
  5. to invest in
  6. absorbed
  7. engrossed
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投
tóu · throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump
入
rù · enter, come in(to), join
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2–4 · tou2 ru4

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tau4 jap6

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verb

  1. to throw into; to put into; to insert
  2. to go into; to enter
  3. to invest; to commit (money, time, energy, physical and human resources, etc.)

adj

  1. absorbed; engrossed

noun

  1. investment; input

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