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行政拘留

Mandarin · pinyin xíng zhèng jū liú

to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less; administrative detention

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行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
政: zhèng · government, political affairs
拘: jū · restrain, seize, detain
留: liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep

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2–4–1–2 · xing2 zheng4 ju1 liu2

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verb

(law) to administratively detain

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