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推论

tuī lùn

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

推论 (tuī lùn) means "to infer; inference; corollary". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 推论 means

1. to infer
2. inference
3. corollary
4. reasoned conclusion

The characters in 推论

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 论lùnopinion; view; theory

Example sentences

• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Where 推论 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tuán–tuō (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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