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Popular science in Chinese

popular science (short for 科学普及) · HSK 6

科普 kē pǔ

  1. 科 kē branch of study
  2. 普 pǔ general

这是一本很有趣的科普读物。 This is a very interesting popular science book.

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Popular science in Chinese is 科普 (kē pǔ).

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