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善良

shàn liáng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

善良 (shàn liáng) means "kind-hearted, good and honest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 善良 means

1. good and honest
2. kindhearted

The characters in 善良

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 良liánggood; very; very much

Example sentences

• 他天性善良。
  Tā tiānxìng shànliáng.
  He's good by nature.
• 她心地善良。
  Tā xīndì shànliáng.
  The girl has a sweet heart.
• 他严厉却善良。
  He is strict yet kind.
• 上帝永远善良。
  God is good at all times.
• 我们只能滥用善良的。
  Wǒmen zhǐnéng lànyòng shànliáng de.
  We can only abuse of things that are good.
• 这真是一个很善良的愿望。
  Zhè zhēnshi yī gè hěn shànliáng de yuànwàng.
  This is a really kind wish.

Words containing 善良

• 心地善良xīn dì shàn liángkindhearted; good-natured

Where 善良 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Honesty, Modesty & Sincerity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàn liáng correctly.
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