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毒

dú · du

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HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. poison
  2. to poison
  3. poisonous
  4. malicious
  5. cruel
  6. fierce
  7. narcotics
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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)猜(cāi)这(zhè)是(shì)一(yì)种(zhǒng)被(bèi)蛇(shé)咬(yǎo)伤(shāng)的(de)毒(dú)。

We suspect it's about a poisoning by snake bite.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by lunatic · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)研(yán)究(jiū)一(yì)种(zhǒng)和(hé)石(shí)头(tou)长(zhǎng)得(de)很(hěn)像(xiàng)的(de)毒(dú)青(qīng)蛙(wā)。

We study a species of poisonous frog that looks very similar to a stone.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by marcelostockle · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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