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美化

měihuà

to beautify; to embellish

A person on a ladder paints flowers on a plain wall
Memory picture

Characters in this word

美 měi

Strokes
9
Radical
羊 — sheep, goat
Made of
羊 sheep, goat 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

化 huà

Strokes
4
Radical
匕 — spoon, ladle
Made of
亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle

Example phrases

  • 城市更新不应只美化街面,还要改善居民实际的生活条件。 Chéngshì gēngxīn bù yīng zhǐ měihuà jiēmiàn, hái yào gǎishàn jūmín shíjì de shēnghuó tiáojiàn. Urban renewal should not merely beautify street fronts; it should also improve residents' real living conditions.
  • 同学们一起画墙画,美化学校的围墙。 Tóngxuémen yìqǐ huà qiánghuà, měihuà xuéxiào de wéiqiáng. The students paint a mural together to beautify the school wall.
  • 他把自己的经历美化了不少,听起来像一个英雄故事。 Tā bǎ zìjǐ de jīnglì měihuà le bù shǎo, tīng qǐlái xiàng yí ge yīngxióng gùshi. He embellished his experience quite a bit, so it sounds like a hero's story.

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