dān xì bāo shēng wùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
unicellular organism
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Original source entry:

單細胞生物 单细胞生物 [dan1 xi4 bao1 sheng1 wu4] /unicellular organism/

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Other forms in these source records: 單細胞生物

  • 单
    chán

    used in 單于|单于[chán yú]

    dān

    bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[gè]

    Shàn

    surname Shan

  • 细
    xì

    thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal

  • 胞
    bāo

    placenta / womb / born of the same parents

  • 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

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