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Chinese Vocabulary

搁浅

to run aground

搁浅
gēqiǎn1st tone
Pinyin
gēqiǎn
Strokes
20
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 搁浅

搁浅 is written with 20 strokes (搁: 12, 浅: 8). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

船就不能装满货,否则可能搁浅.

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如果遇到干旱,湖水变浅,船就不能装满货,否则可能搁浅。

In a drought, the lake gets shallower, so ships can't be fully loaded or they risk running aground.

Crossing the Panama Canal Now Costs Up to $5 Million, as War and Drought Push Prices to a Record

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