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余

yú

remaining; surplus; more than

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Example phrases

  • 工程款支付后,账户里仍余二十万元作为应急资金。 Gōngchéng kuǎn zhīfù hòu, zhànghù lǐ réng yú èrshí wàn yuán zuòwéi yìngjí zījīn. After the project payment was made, the account still had 200,000 yuan remaining as emergency funds.
  • 全部费用付清后,账上还余一些钱,可以用来买新书。 Quánbù fèiyòng fùqīng hòu, zhàng shàng hái yú yīxiē qián, kěyǐ yòng lái mǎi xīn shū. After paying all the expenses, some money still remained in the account, enough to buy new books.
  • 参加比赛的人有五十余位,比去年多了不少。 Cānjiā bǐsài de rén yǒu wǔshí yú wèi, bǐ qùnián duō le bù shǎo. More than fifty people took part in the competition, considerably more than last year.

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