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Chinese Vocabulary

to dig up

1st tone
Pinyin
Strokes
9
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 挖

is written with 9 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

The other half of the method: 两个月,他们才回去,把内裤挖出来。

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埋了两个月,他们才回去,把内裤出来。

They left them two months before going back and digging them up.

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