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全食

quán shí

2-character word

What 全食 means

1. total eclipse

The characters in 全食

• 全quánall; whole; entire
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

Example sentences

• 你看到昨天的日全食了吗？
  Did you see yesterday's total lunar eclipse?

Words containing 全食

• 日全食rì quán shítotal eclipse of the sun
• 月全食yuè quán shítotal lunar eclipse

Sounds the same

Read quán shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 权时(literary) temporarily
• 全蚀total eclipse