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放学

fàng xué

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 放學

放学 (fàng xué) means "school lets out; to finish school for the day". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 放学 means

1. to dismiss students at the end of the school day

The characters in 放学

• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate

Example sentences

• 什幺时候放学？
  When is school over?
• 你几点放学呀？
  What time do you finish school?
• 我刚放学回家。
  I just got home from school.
• 学校3点半放学。
  School is over at 3:30.
• 她放学后打网球。
  She plays tennis after school.
• 他放学后打棒球。
  He played baseball after school.

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