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浸濕

简浸湿 · 繁浸濕

Mandarin · pinyin jìn shī

to soak
to saturate

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浸: jìn · soak, immerse, dip, percolate
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湿: shī · wet, moist, humid, damp; illness

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4–1 · jin4 shi1

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verb

to soak; to souse; to moisten

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