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驅

简驱 · 繁驅

Mandarin · pinyin qū

to expel
to urge on
to drive
to run quickly

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驱: qū · spur a horse on; expel, drive away

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Cantonese word readings for 驅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to drive (a horse or a car); to spur
to run quickly
to expel; to disperse
to compel
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 驅逐艦／驱逐舰 (qūzhújiàn, “destroyer”)

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