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改良

gǎi liáng

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

改良 (gǎi liáng) means "to improve (sth); to reform (a system)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 改良 means

1. to improve (sth)
2. to reform (a system)

The characters in 改良

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 良liánggood; very; very much

Example sentences

• 经理打算改良公司的结构。
  Jīnglǐ dǎsuàn gǎiliáng gōngsī de jiégòu.
  The manager wants to improve the company's structuring.
• 这个新的市场可能改良全部的工业。
  Zhège xīn de shìchǎng kěnéng gǎiliáng quánbù de gōngyè.
  This new market may improve the entire industry.
• 通过遗传修饰，我们可以改良农作物。
  Tōngguò yíchuán xiūshì, wǒmen kěyǐ gǎiliáng nóngzuòwù.
  Through genetic modification, we can improve crops.

Words starting with 改良

• 改良主义gǎi liáng zhǔ yìreformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)

Where 改良 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (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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