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顧客至上

简顾客至上 · 繁顧客至上

Mandarin · pinyin gù kè zhì shàng

the customer reigns supreme (idiom)

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客: kè · guest, traveller; customer
至: zhì · reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
顾: gù · look back; look at; look after

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4–4–4–4 · gu4 ke4 zhi4 shang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gu3 haak3 zi3 soeng6

Cantonese word readings for 顧客至上. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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