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斟酌
Mandarin · pinyin zhēn zhuó
Meanings
- to consider
- to deliberate
- to fill up a cup to the brim
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1–2 · zhen1 zhuo2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zam1 zoek3
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verb
- (literary) to pour an insufficient or excessive amount of alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass
- (literary) to pour the alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass, etc.
- (literary) to drink alcohol
- (figurative) to consider; to deliberate; to think about carefully
- (figurative, Hokkien) to discuss; to talk over
- (figurative, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be careful; to take care
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