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執照

license

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

zhi2zhao4 • zhízhào

Meaning

Primary

license

Alternatives

permit

Mnemonic

A 執照 license is a special card that you need 執 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

這 是 他 的 商業 執照。

This is his business license.

他 有 駕駛 執照。

He has a driver's license.

她 剛 拿 到 醫生 執照。

She just got her medical license.