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鼠疫

plague

鼠疫
shǔyì3rd tone
Pinyin
shǔyì
Strokes
22
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 鼠疫

鼠疫 is written with 22 strokes (鼠: 13, 疫: 9). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

The disease behind the Black Death.

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这个大楼里的人研究的病,叫鼠疫。

The illness the people in this building research is called plague.

A Russian Lab Worker Died After a Test Tube Broke at a Plague Institute. Russia Says It Wasn't Plague, but Quarantined 200 People.

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