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感慨

gǎn kǎi

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

感慨 (gǎn kǎi) means "to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 感慨 means

1. to sigh with sorrow, regret etc
2. rueful
3. deeply moved

The characters in 感慨

• 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch
• 慨kǎiindignant; generous; to sigh (with emotion)

Where 感慨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (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.
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