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嵌 qiàn

valley, ravine; to fall into; to inlay, to set in

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 6
Radical
山
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 山甘欠 ⿱山⿰甘欠

Memory hint: mountain

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  1. 墙上嵌着一块古老的石碑。
    Qiáng shàng qiàn zhe yí kuài gǔlǎo de shíbēi.
    An ancient stone tablet is embedded in the wall.
    wall-on embed-continuous one (measure) ancient (particle) stone-tablet
  2. 这块玉是怎么嵌进去的？
    Zhè kuài yù shì zěnme qiàn jìnqù de?
    How was this piece of jade embedded in?
    this (measure) jade is how embed in-go (particle) (question)
  3. 我们可以把照片嵌在相框里。
    Wǒmen kěyǐ bǎ zhàopiàn qiàn zài xiàngkuàng lǐ.
    We can embed the photo in the frame.
    we can (particle) photo embed at photo-frame-inside
  4. 这颗宝石没有嵌牢，快掉出来了。
    Zhè kē bǎoshí méiyǒu qiàn láo, kuài diào chūlái le.
    This gemstone isn't embedded securely, it's about to fall out.
    this (measure) gemstone not-have embed firm, about-to fall out-come (particle)
  5. 古代宫殿的墙壁上常常嵌有珍贵的玉石。
    Gǔdài gōngdiàn de qiángbì shàng chángcháng qiàn yǒu zhēnguì de yùshí.
    The walls of ancient palaces often had precious jade embedded in them.
    ancient palace (particle) wall-on often embed have precious (particle) jade-stone

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