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寓言

yù yán

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

寓言 (yù yán) means "fable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 寓言 means

1. fable; allegory; parable

The characters in 寓言

• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 画龙点睛是一则寓言故事。
  "Drawing dragons and dotting in the eyes" is a fable.

Words containing 寓言

• 伊索寓言Yī suǒ Yù yánAesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop

Sounds the same

Read yù yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 预言to predict; prophecy
• 浴盐bath salts

Where 寓言 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù (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 yù yán correctly.
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