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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It literally means "to apply", funnily.
But of course the majority of Chinese people are not English speakers, so they see "app" but can't know it's the same meaning.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Eh, that kinda works out.