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沉寂

chén jì

2-character word

What 沉寂 means

1. silence
2. stillness

The characters in 沉寂

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 寂jìsilent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí

Sounds the same

Read chén jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陈迹traces of the past; vestiges; historical remains

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chén jì correctly.
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