沼泽 zhǎozé marsh
marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
How to remember 沼泽: 沼 lake + 泽 swamp = marsh.
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How it is used
- The standard word for marsh/swamp/wetland - 车陷进了沼泽 (chē xiàn jìn le zhǎozé) the car got stuck in the swamp.
- More technical/geographic than 泥潭 (nítán, quagmire), which leans figurative; 沼泽 names the actual terrain type in nature and ecology writing.
- Common in fixed phrases like 沼泽地 (zhǎozédì, marshland).