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水蛭

shuǐzhì
noun #13,373

Measure Word

一条水蛭 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 leech

Examples

他在水田里被水蛭咬了。
Tā zài shuǐtián lǐ bèi shuǐzhì yǎo le.
He was bitten by a leech in the paddy field.

Tips

memory
水 (water) + 蛭 (leech) — literally 'water leech'. The character 蛭 has the insect radical 虫 because leeches were traditionally classified with insects and worms.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ
蛭 zhì