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执照

license

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

zhi2zhao4 • zhízhào

Meaning

Primary

license

Alternatives

permit

Mnemonic

A 执照 license is a special card that you need 执 to clench closely and keep on you at all times as it can serve 照 to illuminate that you have permission to do what you are doing.

Usage

这 是 他 的 商业 执照。

This is his business license.

他 有 驾驶 执照。

He has a driver's license.

她 刚 拿 到 医生 执照。

She just got her medical license.