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孤立

gū lì

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

孤立 (gū lì) means "isolated; to isolate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 孤立 means

1. to isolate
2. isolated
3. unrelated; irrelevant

The characters in 孤立

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 好几间小屋被洪水孤立起来了。
  Hǎojǐ jiān xiǎowū bèi hóngshuǐ gūlì qǐlai le.
  Several cottages have been isolated by the flood water.
• 我从小到大都是个酷儿小孩，从学校、老师或大多数同学那里得不到任何支持，感到孤立无援，觉得自己从根本上就是有问题的。我很高兴现况已有所改变，但对于那股反对支持与肯定酷儿儿童之风气的反动势力感到厌恶。
  Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

Words starting with 孤立

• 孤立无援gū lì wú yuánisolated and without help
• 孤立子gū lì zǐsoliton (physics)
• 孤立子波gū lì zǐ bōinstanton (math.)

Sounds the same

Read gū lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 孤例isolated case; sole instance

Where 孤立 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gū lì correctly.
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