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因公

yīn gōng

2-character word

What 因公 means

1. in the course of doing one's work
2. on business

The characters in 因公

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common

Example sentences

• 他因公出差到名古屋。
  Tā yīngōng chūchāi dào Mínggǔwū.
  He's gone to Nagoya on business.

Words starting with 因公

• 因公殉职yīn gōng xùn zhíto die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yīn gōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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