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如同

rú tóng

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

如同 (rú tóng) means "like; as". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 如同 means

1. like
2. as

The characters in 如同

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 同tónglike; same; similar

Example sentences

• 死亡就如同做梦一样。
  Sǐwáng jiù rútóng zuòmèng yīyàng.
  Death is like dreaming.
• 胃里如同千军万马开过。
  Wèi lǐ rútóng qiānjūnwànmǎ kāi guo.
  An army marches on its stomach.
• 我们如同坐在火山口上。
  We sat, as it were, on a volcano.
• 我爱你如同新鲜的肉爱食盐。
  I love you as fresh meat loves salt.
• 手机如同马桶一样被细菌污染。
  Shǒujī rútóng mǎtǒng yīyàng bèi xìjūn wūrǎn.
  A cell phone is as contaminated with bacteria as a toilet is.
• 跟小人说理，就如同对牛弹琴。
  Gēn xiǎorén shuōlǐ, jiù rútóng duìniútánqín.
  Reasoning with a villain is pointless.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rú tóng correctly.
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