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巡更
xún​gēng

to keep night watch

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 巡 xún verbnoun
    to patrol
    (bound form) to patrol; to make one's rounds; to inspect by moving along a route
  2. 更 gēng noun
    night watch
    one of the five two-hour periods of the night into which the night was formerly divided