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野生

yěshēng

wild

A panda eats bamboo in a dark green forest
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Characters in this word

野 yě

Strokes
11
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
里 inside 予 to give
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

生 shēng

Strokes
5
Radical
生 — life, lifetime
Made of
𠂉 cap 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 生

Example phrases

  • 这里的湿地保护了许多野生鸟类的栖息地。 Zhèlǐ de shīdì bǎohù le xǔduō yěshēng niǎolèi de qīxīdì. The wetlands here protect the habitats of many wild birds.
  • 这种野生蘑菇很好吃,但没有经验的人不要乱采。 Zhè zhǒng yěshēng mógu hěn hǎochī, dàn méiyǒu jīngyàn de rén bú yào luàn cǎi. This kind of wild mushroom is delicious, but people without experience should not pick it at random.
  • 野生大熊猫的数量在慢慢增加。 Yěshēng dàxióngmāo de shùliàng zài mànmàn zēngjiā. The number of wild giant pandas is slowly increasing.

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