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Character Decomposition
使=亻+吏
Etymology
A person 亻 working for the government 吏
Meanings
to make
to cause
to enable
to use
to employ
to send
to instruct sb to do sth
envoy
messenger
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Words with 使 479 total
to send · to assign · to appoint · servants of an official · official messenger差使chāi shǐto prompt; to induce; to spur促使cù shǐif · in case · suppose · given...假使jiǎ shǐto go abroad as ambassador · to be sent on a diplomatic mission出使chū shǐminister · diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations公使gōng shǐsecret envoy密使mì shǐ
Idioms with 使 71 total Chain
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