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推敲

tuī qiāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

推敲 (tuī qiāo) means "to think over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 推敲 means

1. to think over

The characters in 推敲

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 敲qiāoto hit; to strike; to tap

Example sentences

• 大部分的字迹已经褪色，但仍可从这些句子中推敲出含意。
  Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tuī qiāo correctly.
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