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失真

distortion

失真
shīzhēn1st tone
Pinyin
shīzhēn
Strokes
15
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 失真

失真 is written with 15 strokes (: 5, : 10). The animation replays automatically.

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没有人会专门告诉他这是失真的。

Nobody ever tells them it is distorted.

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