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开垦

kāi kěn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 開墾

开垦 (kāi kěn) means "to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 开垦 means

1. to clear a wild area for cultivation
2. to put under the plow

The characters in 开垦

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate

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