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深处

shēnchù

deep place

A boat deep inside a cave
Memory picture

Characters in this word

深 shēn

Strokes
11
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 罙 deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

处 chù

Strokes
5
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 林子深处很黑。 Lín zi shēn chù hěn hēi. Deep in the forest is very dark.
  • 河的深处很冷。 Hé de shēn chù hěn lěng. Deep in the river is very cold.
  • 他走到深处。 Tā zǒu dào shēn chù. He walked to the deep place.

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