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Be poisoned in Chinese

to be poisoned · HSK 6

中毒 zhòng dú

  1. 中 zhōng middle
  2. 毒 dú poison

他吃了坏掉的蘑菇,中毒了。 He ate bad mushrooms and got poisoned.

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Be poisoned in Chinese is 中毒 (zhòng dú).

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