Word information
Simplified遭瘟
Traditional遭瘟
Pinyinzāo wēn
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
遭瘟
zāo wēn · to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him!
Character breakdown
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How to learn 遭瘟
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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