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归公

guī gōng

2-character word Traditional 歸公

What 归公 means

1. to commandeer
2. to take over for the state

The characters in 归公

• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common

Words containing 归公

• 涓滴归公juān dī guī gōngevery drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused

Sounds the same

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

• 归功to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution
• 龟公pimp

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