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to gather
collective
to concentrate
to gather
to gather
group
to assemble
concentrated
to gather
to collect money
to collect
to gather
Notice where 集 sits in each complete thought.
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Source: Tatoeba #1397100 · CC BY 2.0 FRMy hobby is collecting old bottles.
Source: Tatoeba #858237 · CC BY 2.0 FRA crowd gathered on this street.
Source: Tatoeba #444769 · CC BY 2.0 FRThere are thousands of participants at today's event.
Source: Tatoeba #3538004 · CC BY 2.0 FRI think we should concentrate on other things.
Source: Tatoeba #8500204 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.