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立定

Mandarin · pinyin lì dìng

to stop
to halt
halt!
to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)

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立: lì · stand; let stand; establish, set
定: dìng · decide, settle, fix

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4–4 · li4 ding4

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verb

to stop in one's tracks; to halt
to make up one's mind; to decide

intj

(military) halt!

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