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征服

zhēngfú

to conquer; to win over

A climber standing on a mountain
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Characters in this word

征 zhēng

Strokes
8
Radical
彳 — to step with the left foot
Made of
彳 to step with the left foot 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 征

服 fú

Strokes
8
Radical
月 — moon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 服

Example phrases

  • 他征服了我。 Tā zhēngfú le wǒ. He won me over.
  • 音乐征服人心。 Yīnyuè zhēngfú rénxīn. Music wins people's hearts.
  • 她征服了难题。 Tā zhēngfú le nántí. She solved the hard problem.

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