Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.
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殖民地
zhí mín dì
HSK 2.0 · 6
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zhí mín dì · zik6 man4 dei6 (Jyutping)
- colony
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Character breakdown
殖
- Meaning
- breed, spawn; increase; prosper
- Radical
- 歹
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰歹直
- Cangjie
- MNJBM
- Four-corner
- 1421.6
民
地
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Example sentences
Some say that China was like a Russian colony.
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