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長成

简长成 · 繁長成

Mandarin · pinyin zhǎng chéng

to grow up

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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3–2 · zhang3 cheng2

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zoeng2 sing4

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verb

(literary) to grow up; to grow to maturity; (specifically) to grow into an adult; to enter adulthood
(literary) to form; to be formed; to come into being; to generate; to produce

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