Chinese

美好

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
fine; glorious; happy; good; wonderful
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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  • 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”
  • characterChinese好 “good; well”
    • ideaChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”

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