Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.
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淡水
dàn shuǐ
HSK 2.0 · 6
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dàn shuǐ · taam5 seoi2 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
淡
- Meaning
- weak, watery; insipid, tasteless
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰氵炎
- Cangjie
- EFF
- Four-corner
- 3918.9
水
- Meaning
- water, liquid, lotion, juice
- Radical
- 水
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻亅？
- Cangjie
- E
- Four-corner
- 1223.0
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Example sentences
Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.
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