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低估

dī gū

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

低估 (dī gū) means "to underestimate; to underrate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 低估 means

1. to underestimate; to underrate

The characters in 低估

• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)
• 估gūto estimate

Example sentences

• 别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.
• 你可别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.
• 我从没低估汤姆。
  I've never underestimated Tom.
• 玛丽低估了自己。
  Mary is selling herself short.
• 不要低估我的力量。
  Bù yào dīgū wǒ de lìliang.
  Don't underestimate my power.
• 你低估了你的魅力。
  Nǐ dīgū le nǐ de mèilì.
  You underestimate your charisma.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dī gū correctly.
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