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抑扬顿挫

yì yáng dùn cuò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 抑揚頓挫

抑扬顿挫 (yì yáng dùn cuò) means "see 顿挫抑扬". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 抑扬顿挫 means

1. see {顿挫抑扬|dùn cuò yì yáng}

The characters in 抑扬顿挫

• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 挫cuòobstructed; to fail; to oppress

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