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恶化

è huà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 惡化

恶化 (è huà) means "to worsen". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 恶化 means

1. to worsen

The characters in 恶化

• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 经济情况恶化。
  The economic situation grew worse.
• 这些年空气质量恶化了。
  Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.
• Tom的视力正在恶化。
  Tom's eyesight is deteriorating.
• 罗伯特的健康状况日益恶化。
  Robert's health deteriorated day by day.
• 汤姆的病情这段时间一直在恶化。
  Tom's health has been deteriorating for some time.
• 为了避免情况恶化，我们马上采取了行动。
  Wèile bì miǎn qíngkuàng èhuà, wǒmen mǎshàng cáiqǔ le xíngdòng.
  We took action immediately so that things wouldn't get worse.

Where 恶化 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · duì–lüè (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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