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引起
yǐn
qǐ
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
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1
引
yǐn
to draw (e.g. a bow)
to pull
to stretch sth
to extend
to lengthen
to involve or implicate in
to attract
to lead
to guide
to leave
to provide evidence or justification for
old unit of distance equal to 10
丈
zhàng
, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
2
起
qǐ
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
starting from (a time, place, price etc)
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group