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羈宦

简羁宦 · 繁羈宦

Mandarin · pinyin jī huàn

(literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place

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宦: huàn · officialdom, government official
羁: jī · halter; restrain, hold, control

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1–4 · ji1 huan4

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