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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Restricted Cash .

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Business combination trade receivables amount not expected to be collected.

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Business combination trade receivables gross contractual amount.

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Amount of both long-term and short-term borrowings assumed at the acquisition date.

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Gain on Revaluation of equity interest .

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Statement Lineitems .

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liabilities incurred by the acquirer as part of consideration transferred in a business combination.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities incurred for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business and related party payables, assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of inventory recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Business acquisition - Additional information (Detail) - CNY (¥)				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
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Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life					9 years 6 months	9 years 3 months 18 days
Jiangsu Five Star [Member]
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Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs				¥ 1,274,257,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Equity Interest				46.00%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Equity Interest Acquired		17.00%	37.00%
BusinessCombinationConversion of loan and assuming of debtIncurred			¥ 1,024,946,000
Gain On Revaluation of equity interest			441,677,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Restricted Cash			1,720,161,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory			1,652,252,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable			¥ 4,102,304,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life			19 years
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred		¥ 428,421,000
Jiangsu Five Star [Member] \| Fifteen months interestbearing loan [Member]
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BusinessCombinationConversion of loan and assuming of debtIncurred				¥ 1,024,946,000
Kuayue Express [Member]
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Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	9 years
Percenatge of ordinary shares acquired	60.20%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	¥ 2,965,856,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents	1,375,710,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Long-term Debt	¥ 986,108,000
Business acquisition recognized identifiable assets and liabilities assumed current assets trade receivables			¥ 829,752,000
Business acquistion trade receivables gross contractual amount			923,608,000
Business acquisition trade receivables amount not expected to be collected			¥ 93,856,000