Chinese word dictionary

荤素

hūn sù · meat and vegetable

Word information

Simplified荤素
Traditional葷素
Pinyinhūn sù
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 荤素

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