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巢 cháo

nest, living quarters in tree

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
巛
Type
Ideograph
Made of 巛果 ⿱巛果

Memory hint: A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木

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  1. 树上有一个鸟巢。
    Shù shàng yǒu yí ge niǎocháo.
    There's a bird's nest in the tree.
    tree on have one (measure) bird-nest
  2. 这个巢穴里住着什么动物？
    Zhège cháoxué lǐ zhù zhe shénme dòngwù?
    What animal lives in this lair?
    this (measure) lair in live (particle) what animal (question)
  3. 我们别打扰那个鸟巢。
    Wǒmen bié dǎrǎo nàge niǎocháo.
    Let's not disturb that bird's nest.
    we don't disturb that (measure) bird-nest (suggestion)
  4. 这棵树上没有鸟巢。
    Zhè kē shù shàng méiyǒu niǎocháo.
    There's no bird's nest on this tree.
    this (measure) tree on not-have bird-nest
  5. 猎人在山洞里发现了一个野兽的巢穴。
    Lièrén zài shāndòng lǐ fāxiàn le yí ge yěshòu de cháoxué.
    The hunter discovered a wild beast's lair in the cave.
    hunter at mountain-cave in discover (particle) one (measure) wild-beast (particle) lair

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