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实力

shí lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 實力

实力 (shí lì) means "strength". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 实力 means

1. strength

The characters in 实力

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 不要低估自己的实力。
  Bù yào dīgū zìjǐ de shílì.
  Don't underestimate your own strength.
• 我们必须加强经济实力。
  We must strengthen our economy.

Words starting with 实力

• 实力主义shí lì zhǔ yìmeritocracy

Words containing 实力

• 军事实力jūn shì shí lìmilitary strength; military power
• 软实力ruǎn shí lìsoft power (in international relations)
• 硬实力yìng shí lìhard power (i.e. military and economic power)

Sounds the same

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

• 实例actual example; living example; illustration
• 实利advantage; gain; net profit
• 识力discernment; the ability to judge well

Where 实力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shí (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shí lì correctly.
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