(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
獸
sau3
beast
擊退
gik1 teoi5
repel
阿爾法
aa3 yi5 faa1
alpha
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