mark with circles and dots; punctuate; annotate
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to mark with circles or dots; to punctuate (classical texts); to annotate by highlighting noteworthy passages
formalOriginally referred to punctuation and emphasis marks in classical Chinese texts. Now also used for highlighting key content in study or editing.
Gǔ古
rén人
dú读
shū书
shí时
cháng常
cháng常
zài在
jīng精
cǎi彩
zhī之
chù处
quān圈
diǎn点
pī批
zhù注
。
Ancient scholars often marked and annotated wonderful passages while reading.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
wǒ我
yǐ已
jīng经
quān圈
diǎn点
guò过
le了
，
suǒ所
yǒu有
zhòng重
diǎn点
dōu都
biāo标
le了
chū出
lái来
。
I have already marked up this article, highlighting all the key points.
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Xué学
xí习
gǔ古
wén文
shí时
，
quān圈
diǎn点
jù句
dòu读
shì是
hěn很
zhòng重
yào要
de的
jī基
běn本
gōng功
。
When studying classical Chinese, punctuating and marking sentences is a very important basic skill.