Chinese

代理

/taɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to act as an agent; to be a representative; to act as a proxy
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese代 “to replace; to take the place of”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese弋 “retrievable arrow attached to a string”
  • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
    • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”

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