jù dòudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
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Original source entry:

句讀 句读 [ju4 dou4] /pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)/punctuation/periods and commas/sentences and phrases/

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