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驻扎

zhùzhā

to station; to be stationed

A tent camp at the foot of a mountain, rescuers by a flag
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Characters in this word

驻 zhù

Strokes
8
Radical
马 — horse
Made of
马 horse 主 master, host
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

扎 zhā

Strokes
4
Radical
扌 — hand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 救援队临时驻扎在山脚,以便随时应对新的滑坡风险。 Jiùyuán duì línshí zhùzhā zài shānjiǎo, yǐbiàn suíshí yìngduì xīn de huápō fēngxiǎn. The rescue team was temporarily stationed at the foot of the mountain so that it could respond to new landslide risks at any time.
  • 医疗队在灾区驻扎了一个月,帮助了很多村民。 Yīliáo duì zài zāiqū zhùzhā le yí gè yuè, bāngzhù le hěn duō cūnmín. The medical team was stationed in the disaster zone for a month and helped many villagers.
  • 建筑工人驻扎在山里的工地,几个月没回家。 Jiànzhù gōngrén zhùzhā zài shān lǐ de gōngdì, jǐ gè yuè méi huí jiā. The construction workers were camped at the site in the mountains and did not go home for several months.

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