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聚首

Mandarin · pinyin jù shǒu

to gather
to meet

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聚: jù · assemble, meet together, collect
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185

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4–3 · ju4 shou3

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zeoi6 sau2

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verb

(formal, usually of leaders, important figures) to gather; to assemble; to meet

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