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迅猛

xùnměng

rapid and vigorous; swift and fierce

Tall green bamboo shoots surge up past a tiny peach sprout
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Characters in this word

迅 xùn

Strokes
6
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 卂 to fly rapidly
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 迅

猛 měng

Strokes
11
Radical
犭 — dog
Made of
犭 dog 孟 first in a series
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 人工智能产业发展迅猛,监管框架却明显滞后。 Réngōng zhìnéng chǎnyè fāzhǎn xùnměng, jiānguǎn kuàngjià què míngxiǎn zhìhòu. The artificial intelligence industry is developing rapidly, yet the regulatory framework is clearly lagging behind.
  • 暴风雨来得迅猛,我们赶紧收衣服。 Bàofēngyǔ lái de xùnměng, wǒmen gǎnjǐn shōu yīfu. The storm arrived swiftly and fiercely, so we hurried to take in the laundry.
  • 这几年城市发展迅猛,高楼一座座建起来。 Zhè jǐ nián chéngshì fāzhǎn xùnměng, gāolóu yí zuò zuò jiàn qǐlái. In recent years the city has developed rapidly, with skyscrapers rising one after another.

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