The enemy launched an attack on us.
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发起
Traditional: 發起
fā qǐ
HSK 3.0 · 6
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fā qǐ · faat3 hei2 (Jyutping)
- to originate
- to initiate
- to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
- to start
- to propose sth (for the first time)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
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This sofa can seat three people easily.
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