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chéng

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chéng
  1. 1.deputy

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to assist, to aid
  2. 2.a low-level assistant to the governor of a county
  3. 3.a surname
  4. 4.Original form of 拯 (zhěng, “to rescue”).

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 卩 (“kneeling person”) + 廾 (“both hands”) + 凵 (“hole”) – to rescue a person from a hole. Compare 承. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”).

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