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手足口病

shǒu zú kǒu bìng

4-character word

What 手足口病 means

1. hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children

The characters in 手足口病

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill

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