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放假

fàng jià

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

放假 (fàng jià) means "to have a holiday; to be off (school, work)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 放假 means

1. to have a holiday or vacation

The characters in 放假

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial

Example sentences

• 现在学生在放假。
  The students are currently on holiday.
• 我这个星期放假了。
  I am on holiday this week.
• 我们今天放假一天。
  We have a holiday today.
• 学生今天下午放假。
  The students are on vacation this afternoon.
• 上次放假时，做了什么?
  What did you do last vacation?
• 你放假的时候做了什幺？
  What did you do during the holidays?

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