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恐龙

kǒnglóng

dinosaur

A friendly long-necked dinosaur among ferns
Memory picture

Characters in this word

恐 kǒng

Strokes
10
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
巩 to bind, to guard, to strengthen 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 恐

龙 lóng

Strokes
5
Radical
龙 — dragon
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 博物馆通过复原恐龙骨架,让观众直观理解史前生态。 Bówùguǎn tōngguò fùyuán kǒnglóng gǔjià, ràng guānzhòng zhíguān lǐjiě shǐqián shēngtài. The museum uses a reconstructed dinosaur skeleton to help visitors understand prehistoric ecosystems directly.
  • 孩子们最喜欢博物馆里那只巨大的恐龙。 Háizimen zuì xǐhuan bówùguǎn li nà zhī jùdà de kǒnglóng. The children love the giant dinosaur in the museum best.
  • 很久以前,地球上生活着各种各样的恐龙。 Hěnjiǔ yǐqián, dìqiú shang shēnghuó zhe gèzhǒnggèyàng de kǒnglóng. Long ago, all kinds of dinosaurs lived on Earth.

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