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凋谢

diāo xiè

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 凋謝

凋谢 (diāo xiè) means "to wither; to wilt; wizened". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 凋谢 means

1. to wither
2. to wilt
3. wizened

The characters in 凋谢

• 凋diāowithered
• 谢xièto thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse

Example sentences

• 花凋谢了。
  Huā diāoxiè le.
  The flowers withered up.

Sounds the same

Read diāo xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雕谢variant of 凋谢

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