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Chinese
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follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to someone) |
head; (noun suffix)
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| trad. (由頭)
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由
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頭
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| simp. (由头)
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由
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头
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| anagram
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頭由／头由
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Pronunciation
Noun
由頭
- pretext; excuse; justification
Synonyms
- 事由 (shìyóu)
- 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
- 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
- 推頭／推头 (1the-deu) (Wu)
- 擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
- 由子 (yóuzi)
- 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
- 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
- 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
- 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
- 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)
Adverb
由頭
- (Cantonese) from the beginning; from zero
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