shēng wù wǔ qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
biological weapon
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Original source entry:

生物武器 生物武器 [sheng1 wu4 wu3 qi4] /biological weapon/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 生
    shēng

    to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])

  • 物
    wù

    (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself

  • 武
    wǔ

    martial / military

    Wǔ

    surname Wu

  • 器
    qì

    device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tái]

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