Chinese

完美

/wän³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
perfect; consummate; flawless
  • 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美 “beautiful; pretty; attractive; good-looking”
    • ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻/只 m c)”
    • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”

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