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健在

jiàn zài

2-character word

What 健在 means

1. (of an elderly person) alive and in good health
2. (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong

The characters in 健在

• 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…

Sounds the same

Read jiàn zài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舰载shipboard (radar system etc); ship-based; carrier-based (aircraft)

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