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去除

qùchú

to remove; to get rid of

Clear water poured through a filter leaves dark sediment on the paper
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Characters in this word

去 qù

Strokes
5
Radical
厶 — private, secret
Made of
土 soil, earth 厶 private, secret

除 chú

Strokes
9
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 除

Example phrases

  • 这套过滤系统可以去除水中的重金属残留,但维护成本并不低。 Zhè tào guòlǜ xìtǒng kěyǐ qùchú shuǐ zhōng de zhòngjīnshǔ cánliú, dàn wéihù chéngběn bìng bù dī. This filtration system can remove heavy-metal residues from the water, but its maintenance cost is not low.
  • 修改报告时,他去除了一些多余的数据。 Xiūgǎi bàogào shí, tā qùchúle yīxiē duōyú de shùjù. While revising the report, he removed some unnecessary data.
  • 用醋能有效去除茶壶里的水垢。 Yòng cù néng yǒuxiào qùchú cháhú lǐ de shuǐgòu. Vinegar can effectively remove limescale from a teapot.

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