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成才

chéng cái

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

成才 (chéng cái) means "to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 成才 means

1. to make sth of oneself
2. to become a person who is worthy of respect

The characters in 成才

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual

Words containing 成才

• 自学成才zì xué chéng cáia self-made genius
• 不打不成才bù dǎ bù chéng cáispare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read chéng cái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成材to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect…

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