xuān​wèi

to offer comfort

  • created sense approved 宣慰 · xuān​wèi · to offer comfort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宣慰

    xuān​wèi

    to offer comfort

    (literary) to proclaim government decrees and offer comfort or reassurance to the people

    宣 (literal) → 宣 · xuān · to declare 慰 (literal) → 慰 · wèi · to comfort

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  • created sense approved 宣慰 · xuān​wèi · pacification office — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    宣慰

    xuān​wèi

    pacification office

    (archaic) a government office or administrative title in the Yuan, Ming, and early Republican periods for overseeing remote regions and pacifying the population

    宣 (literal) → 宣 · xuān · to declare 慰 (literal) → 慰 · wèi · to comfort

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