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朽 xiǔ

decayed, rotten

Strokes
6
Level
HSK 6
Radical
木
Type
Ideograph
Made of 木丂 ⿰木丂

Memory hint: The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木

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  1. 这根木头已经腐朽了。
    Zhè gēn mùtou yǐjīng fǔxiǔ le.
    This piece of wood has already rotted.
    this (measure) wood already rot (particle)
  2. 这座老房子的木梁腐朽了吗？
    Zhè zuò lǎo fángzi de mùliáng fǔxiǔ le ma?
    Have this old house's wooden beams rotted?
    this (measure) old house (particle) wood-beam rot (particle) (question)
  3. 这些腐朽的观念应该被淘汰了。
    Zhèxiē fǔxiǔ de guānniàn yīnggāi bèi táotài le.
    These outdated ideas should be eliminated.
    these rotten (particle) idea should by eliminate (particle)
  4. 这根柱子并没有腐朽。
    Zhè gēn zhùzi bìng méiyǒu fǔxiǔ.
    This pillar hasn't rotted at all.
    this (measure) pillar not (particle) not-have rot
  5. 在那座废弃的老屋里，木质结构已经腐朽不堪。
    Zài nà zuò fèiqì de lǎo wū lǐ, mùzhì jiégòu yǐjīng fǔxiǔ bùkān.
    In that abandoned old house, the wooden structure has already rotted badly.
    at that (measure) abandoned (particle) old house inside, wood-material structure already rot unbearable

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