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賄選

简贿选 · 繁賄選

Mandarin · pinyin huì xuǎn

to buy votes (in an election)

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贿: huì · bribe; bribes; riches, wealth
选: xuǎn · choose, select; elect; election

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4–3 · hui4 xuan3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kui2 syun2

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

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verb

to practice bribery at an election; to get elected by bribery

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