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不平

bù píng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不平 (bù píng) means "uneven; injustice; unfairness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不平 means

1. uneven
2. injustice
3. unfairness
4. wrong
5. grievance
6. indignant
7. dissatisfied

The characters in 不平

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level

Example sentences

• 生活真正的艺术是在平凡中看到不平凡。
  Shēnghuó zhēnzhèng de yìshù shì zài píngfán zhōngkàn dào bù píngfán.
  True art of life is to see the extraordinary amongst the ordinary.
• 地面高低不平，给部队前进带来了困难。
  The rugged terrain made the troops' advance difficult.
• 研究报告的作者指出，改变歧视性的性别规范和制度、解决经济和社会不平等问题、保障教育和安全工作的机会是有助于预防暴力的其他措施。
  Authors of the study report that changing discriminatory gender norms and institutions, addressing economic and social inequalities, and ensuring access to education and safe work are other measures that can help prevent violence.

Words starting with 不平

• 不平等条约bù píng děng tiáo yuē(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor…
• 不平等bù píng děnginequality; unfairness
• 不平常bù píng chángremarkable; remarkably; unusual
• 不平衡bù píng héngdisequilibrium

Words containing 不平

• 愤愤不平fèn fèn bù píngto feel indignant; to feel aggrieved
• 打抱不平dǎ bào bù píng(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
• 凹凸不平āo tū bù píng(idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)
• 气不平qì bù píngangry at unfairness
• 抱不平bào bù píngto be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else)

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