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不慎

bù shèn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不慎 (bù shèn) means "incautious; inattentive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不慎 means

1. incautious
2. inattentive

The characters in 不慎

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 慎shèncareful; cautious

Sounds the same

Read bù shèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不甚(literary) not very

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