We've got to start thinking about recycling.
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回收
huí shōu
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
huí shōu · wui4 sau1 (Jyutping)
- to recycle
- to reclaim
- to retrieve
- to recover
- to recall (a defective product)
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Character breakdown
回
- Meaning
- return, turn around; a time
- Radical
- 囗
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿴囗口
- Cangjie
- WR
- Four-corner
- 6060.0
收
- Meaning
- gather together, collect; harvest
- Radical
- 攵
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰丩攵
- Cangjie
- VLOK
- Four-corner
- 2874.0
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
These cardboard boxes are a hundred per cent recyclable.
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