jiàn​yè

to build a career

  • created reference approved 建业/建業 → 南京 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    建业 / 建業 jiàn​yè

    南京 nán​jīng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 建业/建業 → 建康 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    建业 / 建業 jiàn​yè

    建康 jiàn​kāng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 建业/建業 · jiàn​yè · to build a career — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    建业 / 建業

    jiàn​yè

    to build a career

    To establish a career or build a great cause; to perform meritorious deeds

    建 (literal) → 建 · jiàn · to establish 业 (literal) → 业/業 · yè · enterprise

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

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  • created sense approved 建业/建業 · jiàn​yè · Jianye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    建业 / 建業

    jiàn​yè

    Jianye

    An old name for Nanjing, specifically used when it was the capital of the Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period

    建 (literal) → 建 · jiàn · to establish 业 (literal) → 业/業 · yè · enterprise

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

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