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枝

zhī

1. measure word classifier: branch-like, slender things (flowers, pens, guns)

   他送了她一枝玫瑰。

   Tā sòng le tā yī zhī méigui.

   He gave her a rose.

2. noun branch; twig

   风把树枝吹断了。

   Fēng bǎ shùzhī chuī duàn le.

   The wind broke the branch.

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