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实践

shí jiàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 實踐

实践 (shí jiàn) means "practice (putting theory into action)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 实践 means

1. practice
2. to put into practice
3. to live up to (a promise)
4. to carry out (a project)

The characters in 实践

• 实shíreal; true; honest
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk

Example sentences

• 实践出真知。
  Shíjiàn chū zhēnzhī.
  Experience brings wisdom.
• 这个工作需要实践。
  This job calls for practice.
• 理论必须与实践相随。
  Lǐlùn bìxū yǔ shíjiàn xiāng suí.
  A theory must be followed by practice.
• 把想法付诸实践是困难的。
  Bǎ xiǎngfǎ fùzhū shíjiàn shì kùnnan de.
  Putting ideas into practice is difficult.
• 我们怎样才能将其付出实践？
  How can we put it into practice?
• 做计划是一码事，付诸实践是另一码事。
  It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.

Words starting with 实践

• 实践是检验真理的唯一标准shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔnActual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth…

Sounds the same

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

• 识见knowledge and experience

Where 实践 is taught

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

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