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根
gēn
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- gēn
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- 根
- traditional
- 根
1 · noun
root
植物通常在地下吸收水分等的部分。
This is a plant root, not a classifier or a figurative basis.
When transplanting it, we saw that the young tree's roots had become tangled.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Candidate — listening review pending
移栽时，我们看见小树的根缠成了一团。
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