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請願

简请愿 · 繁請願

Mandarin · pinyin qǐng yuàn

to petition

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請: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
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请: qǐng · ask, request; invite; please
愿: yuàn · sincere, honest, virtuous

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3–4 · qing3 yuan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing2 jyun6

Cantonese word readings for 請願. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to petition; to present a petition
(literary, Buddhism) to pray to Buddha

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