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浮屠
fútú
1. Buddha
2. Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)

Character Breakdown

浮
fú
to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless
HSK 6 10 丶
屠
tú
to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
11 丶

Compound Words (3)

七级浮屠
qījífútú
seven floor pagoda
婆罗浮屠
Póluófútú
Borobudur (in Java, Indonesia)
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiùrényīmìngshèngzàoqījífútú
saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)

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