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描写

miáoxiě

to describe

A person drawing a small house
Memory picture

Characters in this word

描 miáo

Strokes
11
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 苗 sprouts
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 描

写 xiě

Strokes
5
Radical
冖 — cover
Made of
冖 cover 与 and

Example phrases

  • 他描写春天。 Tā miáoxiě chūntiān. He describes spring.
  • 我描写小狗。 Wǒ miáoxiě xiǎogǒu. I describe the puppy.
  • 老师描写城市。 Lǎoshī miáoxiě chéngshì. The teacher describes the city.

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