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jiě shǒu

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jiě shǒu
  1. 1.to relieve oneself (i.e. use the toilet)
  2. 2.to solve

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to relieve oneself; to defecate or urinate
  2. 2.to part; to become separated
  3. 3.way to relieve a crisis

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Etymology

; “to defecate or urinate” : Folk etymology connects this to forced migration in early Ming dynasty, where people were tied up and sent to different provinces under escort. It was said that they needed to say this phrase to let the guards untie for them when they wanted to go to toilet.

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