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apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:)
HSK 7-9
fable; allegory; parable / CL: 則|则
HSK 7-9
moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning
HSK 7-9
to make learning fun / to combine education and entertainment
dwelling
(literary) to look over / to view
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庽* | 庽* | *庽
variant of
to make one's home in / to reside in / to inhabit
apartment building
apartment building / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *寓* | 寓* | *寓
(bound form) to reside; to inhabit / (bound form) residence; dwelling / (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications
to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
to make administration service-oriented


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