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单薄

dān bó

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

单薄 (dān bó) means "weak; frail; thin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 单薄 means

1. weak
2. frail
3. thin
4. flimsy

The characters in 单薄

• 单dānbill; list; form
• 薄bómeager; slight; weak

Example sentences

• 她衣衫单薄，恐会着凉。
  Tā yīshān dānbó, kǒng huì zháoliáng.
  She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold.

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