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塑造

sù zào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

塑造 (sù zào) means "to model". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 塑造 means

1. to model; to mold
2. (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
3. (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)

The characters in 塑造

• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture

Where 塑造 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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