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Meaning of 淤

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淤
Pinyin: yū
English Definition: silt; river sludge; to silt up; choked with silt; variant of 瘀
Chinese Definition:
①水道被泥沙阻塞:淤塞。淤积。淤滞。淤埋。
②河沟中沉积的泥沙:淤泥。淤溉。
③同“瘀”。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 水
Pictophonetic:於 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
Similar Characters: 游
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Example Words
淤积 yū jī to silt up; silt; sediment; ooze; slurry
淤泥 yū ní silt; sludge; ooze
淤塞 yū sè choked with silt; silted up
出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible
淤滞 yū zhì silted up; obstructed by silt; variant of 瘀滞
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Example Sentences
1
莫拓森望向受害者臀部上的一条水平淤痕
。
Moore looked at the horizontal band of bruising across the victim'ships.
2
这些淤青变得比昨天更糟糕了
,
有些还是绿色的
。
The bruises look even worse than they didyesterday. Some of them are greenish.
3
他打她
,
好像不止一次
,
她身上有多处的淤伤
。
He hit her, possibly more than once. She had multiple bruises.
4
她脸上的淤紫和肿胀
,
只能是头部受到重击造成的
。
Only a heavy blow to the head could have left such abruised and swollen face.
5
他们有无数的学校记录和警察的报告
。
也有很多记录了黑眼圈和身上的淤痕的照片
。
They have binders of school records and police reports, along with photos documenting the bruises and black eyes.