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赌注

dǔ zhù

2-character word Traditional 賭注

What 赌注 means

1. stake (in a gamble)
2. (what is at) stake

The characters in 赌注

• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…

Example sentences

• 我在那匹马下十美元的赌注。
  Wǒ zài nà pǐ mǎ xià shí Měiyuán de dǔzhù.
  I bet ten dollars on that horse.
• 我在这匹马上押五英镑的赌注。
  Wǒ zài zhè pǐ mǎ shàng yā wǔ Yīngbàng de dǔzhù.
  I bet five pounds on the horse.

Sounds the same

Read dǔ zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 堵住to block up

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