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Mandarin · pinyin juān bān

(old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions (instead of passing the imperial examination); a person who has done so

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捐: juān · contribute; give up, renounce
班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job

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1–1 · juan1 ban1

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