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縱令

简纵令 · 繁縱令

Mandarin · pinyin zòng lìng

to indulge
to give free rein
even if

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令: lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
纵: zòng · indulge in, give free reign to

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4–4 · zong4 ling4

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verb

to indulge, to connive, to give free rein

conj

even if

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