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严峻

yán jùn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 嚴峻

严峻 (yán jùn) means "grim; severe; rigorous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 严峻 means

1. grim
2. severe
3. rigorous

The characters in 严峻

• 严yántight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 峻jùn(of mountains) high; harsh or severe

Example sentences

• 那国家的气候很严峻。
  Nà guójiā de qìhòu hěn yánjùn.
  That country has a severe climate.
• 形势似乎非常紧张严峻。
  The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.

Words containing 严峻

• 形势严峻xíng shì yán jùnin grave difficulties; the situation is grim

Where 严峻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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