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推甄

Mandarin · pinyin tuī zhēn

to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school
to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan)
abbr. for 推薦甄選

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推: tuī · push, expel; push forward
甄: zhēn · to examine, discern; to grade; a surname

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1–1 · tui1 zhen1

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