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  1. to use public office to avenge private wrongs

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  • 公 (公): public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
  • 报 (報): to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
  • 私 (私): personal; private; selfish
  • 仇 (仇): surname Qiu

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