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旧制

jiù zhì

2-character word Traditional 舊制

What 旧制 means

1. old system
2. weights and measures of former times

The characters in 旧制

• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Sounds the same

Read jiù zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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