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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dú | du2
English translation
ditch, sluice, gutter, drain

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵卖

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

mài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and mài represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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刚刚 gāng gang 听到 tīng dào 那番亵渎 xiè dú 上帝 Shàng dì 的话 de huà le !

You have just heard his blasphemy!

这样 zhè yàng de rén hěn 容易 róngyì bèi rén 抨击 pēng jī wéi 亵渎神明 xiè dú shén míng

Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer.

很多教堂 jiào táng dōu bèi 洗劫一空 xǐ jié yī kōng 而且 érqiě 作出 zuò chū le 诸多 zhū duō 神之举

A number of churches were sacked and sacrilegious acts committed.

这位 zhè wèi 下院 xià yuàn 议员 yì yuán chèn 这些 zhè xiē 谋杀 móu shā shì zài 上帝 Shàng dì 面前 miàn qián de 公然 gōngrán 亵渎 xiè dú

The MP described the killings as a blasphemy before God.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
亵渎 xiè dú to blaspheme褻瀆
渎职 dú zhí wrongdoing瀆職
disrespectful

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