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葫芦里卖的是什么药
葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥
húlulǐmàideshìshénmeyào
1. what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
2. what's going on?

Character Breakdown

葫
hú
bottle-gourd
12 丶
芦
lú
rushes, reeds
7 丶
里
lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
HSK 1 7 丶
卖
mài
to sell; to betray; to show off
HSK 2 8 丶
的
de
aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
HSK 1 8 丶
是
shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
HSK 1 9 丶
什
shén
what? mixed, miscellaneous
HSK 1 4 丶
么
me
interrogative particle
HSK 1 3 丶
药
yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
HSK 2 9 丶

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