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"word": "𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽"
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"text": "I simply refuse to do business with such ruffians."
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"code": "yue",
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"roman": "zou⁶ saang¹ ji³",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "做生意"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "做買賣"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòmǎimài",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "做买卖"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuòshēngyi",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "做生意"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "營業"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíngyè",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "营业"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "經商"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngshāng",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "经商"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "zakendoen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "tehdä kauppaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "faire des affaires"
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{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "kaupōn",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"word": "negōtior"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ délo",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"tags": [
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"word": "име́ть де́ло"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vestí delá",
"sense": "be engaged in business",
"tags": [
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"word": "вести́ дела́"
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"word": "do business"
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