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Mandarin · pinyin zhù shū

commentary and subcommentary (of a book)

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疏: shū · neglect; careless, lax
注: zhù · concentrate, focus, direct

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4–1 · zhu4 shu1

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commentary and sub-commentary; exegesis; scholium; scholia; annotation

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