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受宠若惊

shòu chǒng ruò jīng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 受寵若驚

受宠若惊 (shòu chǒng ruò jīng) means "overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 受宠若惊 means

1. overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)

The characters in 受宠若惊

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 惊jīngto startle; to be frightened; to be scared

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