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形译

形译 xíng yì derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 场合, derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
形 xíng to appear / to look / form / shape
 译 yì to translate / to interpret
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