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防治

fángzhì

to prevent and treat

A person spraying a plant
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Characters in this word

防 fáng

Strokes
6
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 方 square, rectangle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

治 zhì

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 台 platform
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 防治感冒。 Fáng zhì gǎn mào. Prevent and treat colds.
  • 我们做防治。 Wǒ men zuò fáng zhì. We do prevention and treatment.
  • 防治很重要。 Fáng zhì hěn zhòng yào. Prevention and treatment are very important.

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