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Meaning of 藻

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Pinyin: zǎo
English Definition: aquatic grasses; elegant
Chinese Definition:
①古代刻在玉上或画在衣裳上的水藻花纹。
②古代垂在冕上用以穿玉的五彩丝绦。
Total strokes: 19; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (grass) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
藻类 zǎo lèi algae
海藻 hǎi zǎo seaweed; marine alga; kelp
螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae; spirulina (dietary supplement)
词藻 zǎo rhetoric; flowery language
辞藻 zǎo rhetoric
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Example Sentences
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使
Instead of using open ponds, some companies are using bioreactors, which typically contain the algae in tubes.
2
In one room at Sapphire' s lab, parallel tubes contain algae with identical traits growing under identical conditions.
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使
Common batteries are electrochemical cells. And they may get better thanks to living cells: the multicellular organism called brown algae.
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使
And they may get better thanks to living cells: the multicellular organism called brown algae.
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Residents say algae-eating silver carp introduced with great fanfare this year have died.