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攘袖

Mandarin · pinyin rǎng xiù

to roll up the sleeves

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攘: rǎng · seize, take by force; repel
袖: xiù · sleeve; put something in sleeve

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3–4 · rang3 xiu4

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joeng4 zau6

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