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Chinese Vocabulary

耽误

to delay

耽误
dānwu1st tone
Pinyin
dānwu
Strokes
19
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 耽误

耽误 is written with 19 strokes (: 10, : 9). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

没有耽误多少时间 = barely any time was lost.

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