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候选人

hòu xuǎn rén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 候選人 Measure word 名

候选人 (hòu xuǎn rén) means "candidate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 候选人 means

1. candidate

The characters in 候选人

• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 他是市长的候选人之一。
  He is one of the candidates running for mayor.
• 他是其中一个市长的候选人。
  Tā shì qízhōng yī gè shìzhǎng de hòuxuǎnrén.
  He is one of the candidates running for mayor.
• 他是那个职位最有希望的候选人。
  Tā shì nàge zhíwèi zuì yǒuxīwàng de hòuxuǎnrén.
  He was the strongest candidate for the position.
• 奇怪的是，谁也没有投那候选人一票。
  Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.
• 他摘下了面具，卸下了伪装。极右翼候选人的意图已昭然若揭。
  He's taken off his mask, torn off his costume. There's no doubt now about what the far-right candidate intends.
• 我从来不是最有可能获得这一职务的候选人。我们刚开始并没有太多资金，也没有得到许多人的支持。我们的竞选活动并非始自华盛顿的大厅里，而是始于得梅因、康科德、查尔斯顿这些地方的普通民众家中。那些辛勤工作的人们从自己微薄的储蓄中捐出5美元、10美元、20美元。
  Wǒ cóngláibù shì zuì yǒukěnéng huòdé zhè yī zhíwù de hòuxuǎnrén. wǒmen gāng kāishǐ bìng méiyǒu tài duō zījīn, yě méiyǒu dédào xǔduō rén de zhīchí. wǒmen de jìngxuǎnhuódòng bìngfēi shǐ zì Huáshèngdùn de dàtīng lǐ, érshì shǐ yú Dé Méiyīn, Kāngkēdé, Chá'ěrsīdùn zhèxiē dìfang de pǔtōngmínzhòng jiā zhōng. nàxiē xīnqín gōngzuò de rénmen cóng zìjǐ wēibó de chǔxù zhōng juān chū 5 Měiyuán,10 Měiyuán,20 Měiyuán.
  I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines, and the living rooms of Concord, and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

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