qǔ​cháng

to get compensation

  • created sense approved 取偿/取償 · qǔ​cháng · to get compensation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    取偿 / 取償

    qǔ​cháng

    to get compensation

    (literary) to get paid back for costs or labor; to receive compensation or restitution

    取 (literal) → 取 · qǔ · to obtain 偿 (literal) → 偿/償 · cháng · repayment

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 取偿/取償 · qǔ​cháng · to use for repayment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    取偿 / 取償

    qǔ​cháng

    to use for repayment

    to take something as a means of compensation or to use something to offset a debt or loss (often in historical contexts)

    取 (literal) → 取 · qǔ · to take 偿 (literal) → 偿/償 · cháng · to repay

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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