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成语

chéngyǔ

idiom

A storyteller with a scroll
Memory picture

Characters in this word

成 chéng

Strokes
6
Radical
戈 — spear, lance, halberd
Made of
丁 nail 戈 spear, lance, halberd

语 yǔ

Strokes
9
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 语

Example phrases

  • 我学成语。 Wǒ xué chéngyǔ. I study idioms.
  • 这个成语难。 Zhège chéngyǔ nán. This idiom is hard.
  • 成语很有趣。 Chéngyǔ hěn yǒuqù. Idioms are very interesting.

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