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上述

shàng shù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

上述 (shàng shù) means "aforementioned; above-mentioned". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 上述 means

1. aforementioned
2. above-mentioned

The characters in 上述

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate

Example sentences

• 我们的建国理念是“人人生而平等”。几个世纪以来，我们一直在全国乃至世界范围内为实践上述理念的真谛而浴血奋斗。
  Wǒmen de jiànguó lǐniàn shì "rénrén shēng ér píngděng ". jǐge shìjì yǐlái, wǒmen yīzhí zài quánguó nǎizhì shìjiè fànwéi nèi wèi shíjiàn shàngshù lǐniàn de zhēndì ér yùxuè fèndòu.
  We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.

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