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圈套

quān tào

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

圈套 (quān tào) means "trap; snare; trick". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 圈套 means

1. trap; snare; trick

The characters in 圈套

• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 套tàoto cover; to encase; cover

Example sentences

• 雅妮像中了圈套的狼一样惊慌
  Yanni panicked like a wolf in a snare.

Words containing 圈套

• 中圈套zhòng quān tàoto fall in a trap
• 设圈套shè quān tàoto scam; to set a trap; to set up a scheme to defraud people

Where 圈套 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read quān tào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.