Chinese

完善

/wän³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
to perfect; to improve; to optimize; to refine
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese完 “whole; complete; intact”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese元 “first; initial; primary; beginning”
  • characterChinese善 “good; virtuous; charitable; kind”
    • ideaChinese誩 “to quarrel”
    • ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”

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