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乃至

nǎi zhì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

乃至 (nǎi zhì) means "and even; to go so far as to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 乃至 means

1. and even; to go so far as to

The characters in 乃至

• 乃nǎito be; thus; so
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to

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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