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种子

zhǒng zi

HSK 3 · word 2152 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

颗 kē or 粒 lì

Example sentence

该事件播下了战争的种子。

gāi shì jiàn bō xià le zhàn zhēng de zhǒng zi

The incident sowed the seeds of the war.

Characters in 种子

种 a kind or seed plus the noun suffix 子. Read zhòng the same character means to plant.

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