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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- lao2
- English meanings
- firm, sturdy, fold (for animals), sacrifice, prison
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 宀; bottom 牛.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
labor; work
chatter
maternal grandmother
to fish up
flooded
iron; brand
old
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Related words
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- 亡羊补牢
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