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求購

简求购 · 繁求購

Mandarin · pinyin qiú gòu

to seek to purchase; to be looking to buy (sth)

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求: qiú · seek; demand, request; beseech
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购: gòu · buy, purchase; hire

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2–4 · qiu2 gou4

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