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勾结

gōu jié

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 勾結

勾结 (gōu jié) means "to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 勾结 means

1. to collude with
2. to collaborate with
3. to gang up with

The characters in 勾结

• 勾gōuto attract; to arouse; to tick
• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond

Example sentences

• 在这个时候，体育世界应当减少犯罪组织的勾结。
  Zài zhège shíhou, tǐyù shìjiè yīngdāng jiǎnshǎo fànzuì zǔzhī de gōujié.
  The sports world should, at this time, eliminate the collusion with criminal organizations.

Where 勾结 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gōng–gōu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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