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纳税

nàshuì

to pay taxes

A shop owner handing money and papers through a window
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Characters in this word

纳 nà

Strokes
7
Radical
纟 — silk
Made of
纟 silk 内 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 纳

税 shuì

Strokes
12
Radical
禾 — cereal, grain, rice
Made of
禾 cereal, grain, rice 兑 to exchange
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 税

Example phrases

  • 企业依法纳税,不应被包装成额外的慈善贡献。 Qǐyè yīfǎ nàshuì, bù yīng bèi bāozhuāng chéng éwài de císhàn gòngxiàn. Paying taxes according to law should not be packaged as an extra charitable contribution by enterprises.
  • 每个人都应该按时纳税。 Měi gè rén dōu yīnggāi ànshí nàshuì. Everyone should pay taxes on time.
  • 小店老板每个月都去税务局纳税。 Xiǎodiàn lǎobǎn měi gè yuè dōu qù shuìwùjú nàshuì. The small shop owner goes to the tax office to pay taxes every month.

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