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抱负

bào fù

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

抱负 (bào fù) means "aspiration; ambition". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 抱负 means

1. aspiration
2. ambition

The characters in 抱负

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on

Example sentences

• 他有抱负，所以他很努力工作。
  Tā yǒu bàofù, suǒyǐ tā hěn nǔlì gōngzuò.
  He has ambition, so he works hard.
• 一些美国人的抱负因学校教育不完美、隐性的偏见和出生环境而受到限制。
  The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.

Sounds the same

Read bào fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报复to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
• 暴富to get rich quick

Where 抱负 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bào–bǎo (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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