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Chinese Vocabulary

席卷

to sweep across

席卷
xíjuǎn2nd tone
Pinyin
xíjuǎn
Strokes
18
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 席卷

席卷 is written with 18 strokes (席: 10, 卷: 8). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

一场席卷全国的高中生运动.

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不到三周,这件事变成了一场席卷全国的高中生运动。

In less than three weeks, it became a high-school movement sweeping the whole country.

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