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揮斥

简挥斥 · 繁揮斥

Mandarin · pinyin huī chì

to chide
to berate
energetic

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斥: chì · to scold, upbraid, accuse, reproach
挥: huī · direct; wipe away; squander

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1–4 · hui1 chi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fai1 cik1

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

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verb

(literary) to chide; to berate; to reprove
(literary) to give orders (to); to be in command

adj

(literary) exuberant; high-spirited

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