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遊說

简游说 · 繁遊說

Mandarin · pinyin yóu shuì

to lobby
to campaign
to promote (an idea, a product)
(old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)

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遊: yóu · wander, roam, travel
說: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
游: yóu · to swim; float, drift; wander, roam
说: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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2–4 · you2 shui4

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jau4 seoi3

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verb

to lobby; to canvass; to drum up support for something
(historical, of strategists during the Warring States period) to persuade monarchs to accept their political ideas

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