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乞休

qǐ xiū

2-character word

What 乞休 means

to request permission to resign from an official position (old)

The characters in 乞休

乞qǐto beg
休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease

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The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ xiū correctly.
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