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重新啟動

简重新启动 · 繁重新啟動

Mandarin · pinyin chóng xīn qǐ dòng

to reboot; to restart

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
启: qǐ · open; begin, commence; explain
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action

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2–1–3–4 · chong2 xin1 qi3 dong4

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verb

to restart (a machine); to reboot

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