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沉箱

chén xiāng

2-character word

What 沉箱 means

1. caisson
2. sink box

The characters in 沉箱

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest

Sounds the same

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

• 沉香Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)

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