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彬彬有礼

bīn bīn yǒu lǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 彬彬有禮

彬彬有礼 (bīn bīn yǒu lǐ) means "refined and courteous; urbane". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 彬彬有礼 means

1. refined and courteous
2. urbane

The characters in 彬彬有礼

• 彬bīnurbane; well-bred; cultivated
• 彬bīnurbane; well-bred; cultivated
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony

Example sentences

• 汤姆既彬彬有礼又善解人意。
  Tāngmǔ jì bīnbīnyǒulǐ yòu shànjiěrényì.
  Tom is polite and sensitive.

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