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淤泥
yūní
1. silt
2. sludge
3. ooze
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Character Breakdown

淤
yū
mud, sediment; to clog up, to silt up
11 丶
泥
ní
mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (1)

出淤泥而不染
chūyūníérbùrǎn
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
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