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动物

dòng wù

HSK 2 · word 630 of 3,000

Meaning

• animal

Example sentence

Characters in 动物

• 动 dòng (of sth) to move
• 物 wù thing, object; matter

动 to move plus 物 thing. An animal is a moving thing, against 植物 for plants — 植 meaning to plant.

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