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捷径

jié jìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 捷徑

捷径 (jié jìng) means "shortcut". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 捷径 means

1. shortcut

The characters in 捷径

• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter

Example sentences

• 走捷径。
  Take a short cut.
• 成功是没有捷径的。
  Chénggōng shì méiyǒu jiéjìng de.
  There is no shortcut to success.
• 这通常是我去学校的捷径。
  Zhè tōngcháng shì wǒqù xuéxiào de jiéjìng.
  This is the shortcut that I usually take to school.

Words containing 捷径

• 终南捷径Zhōng nán jié jìnglit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom); fig. shortcut to a high-flying career…

Sounds the same

Read jié jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 洁净clean; to cleanse

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