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堆砌

duī qì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

堆砌 (duī qì) means "lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 堆砌 means

1. lit. to pile up (bricks)
2. to pack
3. fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases)
4. ornate rhetoric

The characters in 堆砌

• 堆duīto pile up; to heap up; a mass
• 砌qìto build by laying bricks or stones

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