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粉刷

fěn shuā

2-character word

What 粉刷 means

1. to paint
2. to whitewash
3. emulsion
4. plaster

The characters in 粉刷

• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 刷shuāa brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub

Example sentences

• 我要粉刷我的房子。
  Wǒ yào fěnshuā wǒ de fángzi.
  I'm going to get my house a fresh coat of paint.
• 我不需要粉刷围墙。
  Wǒ bù xūyào fěnshuā wéiqiáng.
  I didn't need to paint the fence.
• 她要男孩们粉刷房子。
  Tā yào nánhái men fěnshuā fángzi.
  She had the boys paint the house.
• 她被要求去说服他以让他或者他的儿子或者是别的人来粉刷屋子。
  Tā bèi yāoqiú qù shuōfú tā yǐ ràng tā huòzhě tā de érzi huòzhě shì biéde rén lái fěnshuā wūzi.
  She was asked to convince him to get his son or someone else to paint the house.
• 这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子，并伴有精心修剪的花园。
  Zhèxiē gāoguān hé fùshāng de dàsì héyuàn chángcháng yǒu jīngměi diāokè bìng fěnshuā de héngliáng hé zhùzi, bìng bànyǒu jīngxīn xiūjiǎn de huāyuán.
  The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.