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风土人情

fēngtǔrénqíng

local conditions and customs

Travellers drink tea with a local family in a courtyard
Memory picture

Characters in this word

风 fēng

Strokes
4
Radical
风 — wind
Made of
几 small table 乂 to govern

土 tǔ

Strokes
3
Radical
土 — soil, earth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

人 rén

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

情 qíng

Strokes
11
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 青 blue, green
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 情

Example phrases

  • 出国旅行前,最好先了解当地的风土人情。 Chūguó lǚxíng qián, zuì hǎo xiān liǎojiě dāngdì de fēngtǔ rénqíng. Before travelling abroad, it is best to learn about the local customs first.
  • 这本书生动地介绍了江南的风土人情。 Zhè běn shū shēngdòng de jièshào le Jiāngnán de fēngtǔ rénqíng. This book vividly introduces the local customs of the Jiangnan region.
  • 住在老乡家里,我们感受到了浓浓的风土人情。 Zhù zài lǎoxiāng jiā lǐ, wǒmen gǎnshòu dào le nóngnóng de fēngtǔ rénqíng. Staying at a villager's home, we felt the rich local customs.

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