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强加

qiáng jiā

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

强加 (qiáng jiā) means "to impose; to force upon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 强加 means

1. to impose
2. to force upon

The characters in 强加

• 强qiángstrong; powerful; better
• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment

Example sentences

• 他总是把他的看法强加给我。
  Tā zǒngshì bǎ tā de kànfǎ qiángjiā gěi wǒ.
  He always imposes his opinion on me.
• 我们应该尽量避免把我们自己的信念强加在别人身上。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnliàng bìmiǎn bǎ wǒmen zìjǐ de xìnniàn qiángjiā zài biéren shēnshang.
  We should try to avoid imposing our own beliefs on others.

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