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摧残

cuī cán

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

摧残 (cuī cán) means "to ravage; to ruin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 摧残 means

1. to ravage
2. to ruin

The characters in 摧残

• 摧cuīto break; to destroy; to devastate
• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin

Where 摧残 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cì–dā (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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