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開張

简开张 · 繁開張

Mandarin · pinyin kāi zhāng

to open a business
first transaction of a business day

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
張: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
张: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet

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1–1 · kai1 zhang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 zoeng1

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verb

to open
(of a new business) to start; to open for business
to conduct the first transaction of the day
(figuratively) to begin; to start; to develop; to launch

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