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分担

fēn dān

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

分担 (fēn dān) means "to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 分担 means

1. to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)

The characters in 分担

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder

Example sentences

• 我们同意分担家务。
  Wǒmen tóngyì fēndān jiāwù.
  We agreed to share the housework.
• 夫妻分担家务的情况愈来愈普遍。
  Fūqī fēndān jiāwù de qíngkuàng yù lái yù pǔbiàn.
  More and more married couples share household chores.

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