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遇

Mandarin · pinyin yù#

(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned
(bound form) to treat; to receive

Mandarin · pinyin Yù#

surname Yu

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遇: yù · meet, come across, encounter

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4 · yu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyu6

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to meet; to come across; to encounter; to run into
(literary, or in compounds) to treat; to handle; to receive; to entertain
(literary, or in compounds) chance; fortune; opportunity
43rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "encounters" (𝌰)
a surname

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