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人为

rénwéi

man-made

A person drops rubbish beside a clean river
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Characters in this word

人 rén

Strokes
2
Radical
人 — man, person
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

为 wèi

Strokes
4
Radical
丶 — dot

Example phrases

  • 调查结果表明,事故主要是人为操作失误造成的。 Diàochá jiéguǒ biǎomíng, shìgù zhǔyào shì rénwéi cāozuò shīwù zàochéng de. The investigation showed that the accident was mainly caused by human operational error.
  • 这片湖水变脏是人为造成的,不是自然现象。 Zhè piàn húshuǐ biàn zāng shì rénwéi zàochéng de, bú shì zìrán xiànxiàng. This lake became dirty because of human activity, not because of a natural phenomenon.
  • 这些困难都是人为设置的障碍,并不难解决。 Zhèxiē kùnnan dōu shì rénwéi shèzhì de zhàng'ài, bìng bù nán jiějué. These difficulties are all obstacles put there by people and are not hard to solve.

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