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行政拘留

xíng zhèng jū liú

4-character word

What 行政拘留 means

1. to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less; administrative detention

The characters in 行政拘留

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

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