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索 suǒ

cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 5
Radical
糸
Type
Ideograph
Made of 十冖糸 ⿱⿱十冖糸

Memory hint: A rope 糸 hanging from the ceiling 冖

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  1. 他在黑暗中摸索前进。
    Tā zài hēi'àn zhōng mōsuǒ qiánjìn.
    He groped his way forward in the darkness.
    he at darkness among grope-around forward
  2. 你思索过这个问题吗？
    Nǐ sīsuǒguo zhège wèntí ma?
    Have you pondered this problem?
    you thought-deeply this (measure) problem (question)
  3. 请仔细思索一下这个答案。
    Qǐng zǐxì sīsuǒ yíxià zhège dá'àn.
    Please think carefully about this answer.
    please carefully ponder a-bit this (measure) answer
  4. 他没有索取任何报酬。
    Tā méiyǒu suǒqǔ rènhé bàochou.
    He didn't demand any compensation.
    he not-have demand any compensation
  5. 那段时间，他一直在黑暗中摸索出路。
    Nà duàn shíjiān, tā yìzhí zài hēi'àn zhōng mōsuǒ chūlù.
    During that period, he kept groping for a way out in the darkness.
    that segment time, he always at darkness among grope-around way-out

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