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在于

zài yú

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 在於

在于 (zài yú) means "to be in; to lie in; to consist in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 在于 means

1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
2. (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)

The characters in 在于

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Words containing 在于

• 生命在于运动shēng mìng zài yú yùn dònglife is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)…
• 困难在于kùn nan zài yúthe problem is...
• 一年之计在于春yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūnthe whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)…
• 一日之计在于晨yī rì zhī jì zài yú chénmake your day's plan early in the morning (idiom); early morning is the golden time of…

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zài yú correctly.
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