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寒带

hándài

cold zone; frigid zone

A snowy plain with one pine and a low sun
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带 dài

Strokes
9
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 寒带地区的农业受日照和土壤条件限制,生产周期往往十分短暂。 Hándài dìqū de nóngyè shòu rìzhào hé tǔrǎng tiáojiàn xiànzhì, shēngchǎn zhōuqī wǎngwǎng shífēn duǎnzàn. Agriculture in the frigid zone is constrained by sunlight and soil conditions, so production cycles are often very short.
  • 北极附近属于寒带,冬天又长又冷。 Běijí fùjìn shǔyú hándài, dōngtiān yòu cháng yòu lěng. The area near the Arctic is in the frigid zone, with long, cold winters.
  • 寒带的植物很少,大多是矮小的苔藓和草。 Hándài de zhíwù hěn shǎo, dàduō shì ǎixiǎo de táixiǎn hé cǎo. Few plants grow in the frigid zone; most are small mosses and grass.

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