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完善

wán shàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

完善 (wán shàn) means "sound/refined (systems); to improve". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 完善 means

1. (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
2. well-developed
3. excellent
4. to refine
5. to improve

The characters in 完善

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed

Example sentences

• 这个系统存在着许多缺陷和不尽完善的地方。
  Zhège xìtǒng cúnzài zhe xǔduō quēxiàn hé bù jìn wánshàn de dìfang.
  This system is bristling with defects and drawbacks.
• 一些大学生在假期去非洲做志愿者 ，帮助当地完善野生生物管理。
  Yīxiē dàxuéshēng zài jiàqī qù Fēizhōu zuò zhìyuànzhě, bāngzhù dāngdì wánshàn yěshēngshēngwù guǎnlǐ.
  During the holidays, some university students go to Africa as volunteers and help to perfect local wildlife conservation.

Words containing 完善

• 不完善bù wán shànimperfect
• 臻于完善zhēn yú wán shànto attain perfection (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read wán shàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纨扇round silk fan

Where 完善 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Completeness, Perfection & Overview (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wán shàn correctly.
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