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措

cuò

place; collect, arrange; employ

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Strokes
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Radical
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4
Tone
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Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 非常时期需要非常措施。

    Fēi cháng shí qī xū yào fēi cháng cuò shī

    Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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  • 我们使用了强大的措施来预防。

    Wǒ men shǐ yòng le qiáng dà de cuò shī lái yù fáng

    We took strong measures to prevent it.

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  • 昨天晚上,我惊慌失措。

    Zuó tiān wǎn shang wǒ jīng huāng shī cuò

    Last night, I fell into a panic.

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  • 我们采取了强有力的预防措施。

    Wǒ men cǎi qǔ le qiáng yǒu lì de yù fáng cuò shī

    We took strong measures to prevent it.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 措

  • 措施cuò shī 4–1 measure; step
  • 举措jǔ cuò 3–4 move; act; measure
  • 措手不及cuò shǒu bù jí 4–3–4–2no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
  • 惊慌失措jīng huāng shī cuò 1–1–1–4to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
  • 筹措chóu cuò 2–4 to raise (money)