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滴水嘴兽

dī shuǐ zuǐ shòu

4-character word Traditional 滴水嘴獸

What 滴水嘴兽 means

1. gargoyle (architecture)

The characters in 滴水嘴兽

• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly

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