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罩 (zhào): to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

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HSK 7verb, noun

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Pinyin
Meaning: to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap; bamboo chicken coop; (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back; (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible; (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
Characters: 1
Part of speech: verb, noun
HSK level: HSK 7
Strokes: 13
Radical: 罒
Structure: 上下结构

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to cover
to spread over
a cover
a shade
a hood
bamboo fish trap
bamboo chicken coop
(Tw) (coll.) to protect
to have sbs back
(Tw) (coll.) awesome
incredible
(Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control
to be able to handle it

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