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署

Mandarin · pinyin shǔ

office
bureau
(Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
to arrange

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署: shǔ · public office

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3 · shu3

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cyu5 · syu3 · syu5 · syu6

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character

(public) office; bureau
a surname

character

to arrange
to sign
to handle by proxy; to act as deputy

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