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破土动工

to break ground

破土动工
pòtǔ dònggōng4th tone
Pinyin
pòtǔ dònggōng
Strokes
22
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1

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破土动工 is written with 22 strokes (: 10, : 3, : 6, : 3). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

真正破土动工是在两年前 — eighteen years of everything else came first.

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真正破土动工是在两年前。

Ground was actually broken two years ago.

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