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动土

dòng tǔ

2-character word Traditional 動土

What 动土 means

1. to break ground (prior to building sth)
2. to start building

The characters in 动土

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 土tǔearth; dust; clay

Sounds the same

Read dòng tǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冻土frozen earth; permafrost; tundra

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