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在于

zàiyú

to lie in; to depend on

A person pointing inside a machine
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Characters in this word

在 zài

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
才 ability, talent, gift 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 关键在于练习。 Guānjiàn zàiyú liànxí. The key lies in practice.
  • 问题在于钱。 Wèntí zàiyú qián. The problem lies in money.
  • 成功在于努力。 Chénggōng zàiyú nǔlì. Success depends on hard work.

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