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克服

kè fú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

克服 (kè fú) means "(try to) overcome (hardships etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 克服 means

1. (try to) overcome (hardships etc)
2. to conquer
3. to put up with
4. to endure

The characters in 克服

• 克kèto be able to; to subdue; to restrain
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 克服弱点。
  Overcome weakness.
• 你必须克服困难。
  You have to overcome the difficulties.
• 他们可以克服恐惧。
  They can overcome their fear.
• 他帮助我克服了困难。
  Tā bāngzhù wǒ kèfú le kùnnan.
  He helped me to overcome the difficulties.
• 我凭韧性克服了困难。
  Wǒ píng rènxìng kèfú le kùnnan.
  I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.
• 如何克服日元升高是个大问题。
  Rúhé kèfú Rìyuán shēnggāo shì ge dà wèntí.
  How to overcome the high value of the yen is a big problem.

Sounds the same

Read kè fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 客服customer service

Where 克服 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Courage, Determination & Hardship (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kè fú correctly.
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