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妥协

tuǒ xié

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

妥协 (tuǒ xié) means "to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 妥协 means

1. to compromise
2. to reach terms
3. a compromise

The characters in 妥协

• 妥tuǒsuitable; adequate; ready
• 协xiéto cooperate; to harmonize; to help

Example sentences

• 我强烈反对妥协
  I am strongly opposed to a compromise.
• 汤姆不会妥协的。
  Tom isn't going to back down.
• 我们试着和他们妥协。
  Wǒmen shìzhe hé tāmen tuǒxié.
  We tried to compromise with them.
• 他拒绝在这件事上作出妥协。
  He had refused to compromise on the issue.
• 与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。
  Yǔqí xiàng mìngyùn tuǒxié, wǒ nìngkě zìshā.
  I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
• 与其向命运妥协，我㝉可自杀。
  I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.

Words containing 妥协

• 不妥协bù tuǒ xiéuncompromising

Where 妥协 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tuò–wá (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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