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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker
HSK 6
to pave (with paving stones) / to lay a road / (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth) / to give a present to sb to ensure success
HSK 7-9
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
to spread evenly over
bedding; bedclothes
store / shop
to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline) / to install (wiring, cable) / to construct (road, concrete slab)
paving / pavement
front window / store front
to spread out bedding / bedcover
bunk; berth
extravagance and waste (idiom)
to pave
to spread out (material) / to pave (the way, a road etc)
bedboard
to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate
to make a bed / to lay bedding
to lay railway track
to spread out
ostentation / extravagance
to spread out / to display / to lay out a vendor's stall
to serve as a contrasting element
patch of cloth
store / shop
to explain all the details / complete narrative
holder for door knocker
to arrange
store / shop
to display
(Tw) to set the scene; to lay the groundwork; to pique the interest of one's audience
shop's guarantee
to display (goods) / to dispose of
tax on stores
to make a bed / to lay bedding
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
variant of 鋪|铺 / store
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station
shop fittings
bedroll
to spread out widely / to disseminate
store / front room of house serving as shop


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