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措

Mandarin · pinyin cuò

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措: cuò · place; collect, arrange; employ

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4 · cuo4

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to place; to put in order; to arrange
to employ; to administer
to collect; to measure
to make plans
to move; to act; to conduct
wording
(Shanghainese) to be caught in something and injured

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