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興業

简兴业 · 繁興業

Mandarin · pinyin Xīng yè

see 興業縣 Xīng yè Xiàn

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興: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
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兴: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
业: yè · profession, business; GB radical 111

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1–4 · Xing1 ye4

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noun

the promotion of industry

name

(～銀行) Industrial Bank (a commercial bank based in Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
(～縣) Xingye (a county of Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(historical) the Xingye era (a Chinese era name; the era of Zhu Hengjia as regent of the Southern Ming, in 1645)

verb

encourage new industrial enterprises

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