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沉滓 (chén zǐ): Sediment — Meaning & Stroke Order

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沉滓 consists of 2 characters.

to sink, to submerge, to be heavy

sediment, lees, dregs

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Pinyinchén zǐ

Meaningsediment, settled dregs

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Example Sentences with 沉滓

Hé河

shuǐ水

hún浑

zhuó浊

，

dǐ底

bù部

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

chén沉

zǐ滓

。

The river water is muddy, with a lot of sediment at the bottom.

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