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冲洗

chōng xǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 沖洗

冲洗 (chōng xǐ) means "to rinse; to wash; to develop (photographic film)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 冲洗 means

1. to rinse; to wash
2. (photography) to develop (film)

The characters in 冲洗

• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)

Example sentences

• 用水冲洗灼伤的手指。
  Yòng shuǐ chōngxǐ zhuóshāng de shǒuzhǐ.
  Cool the burned finger in running water.

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