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拍照

pāi zhào

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pinyin
pāi zhào
simplified
拍照
traditional
拍照

1 · verb

take a photograph

用相机等记录影像。

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He crouched down to photograph the flower growing between the stones.

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他蹲下来给长在石缝里的花拍照。

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