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合围

hé wéi

2-character word Traditional 合圍

What 合围 means

1. to surround
2. to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)

The characters in 合围

• 合héto close; to join; to fit
• 围wéito encircle; to surround; all around

Sounds the same

Read hé wéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 合为to combine
• 何为what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use

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