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施展

shī zhǎn

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

施展 (shī zhǎn) means "to use fully; to put to use". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 施展 means

1. to use fully
2. to put to use

The characters in 施展

• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit

Example sentences

• 孩子啊，不要试图窥探命运，它会导致崇拜与依赖；也不要占星问卜，不要四处施展那驱邪的法术；更不要去了解那种事，这一切都会引起人们狂热的依赖。
  My child, be not an observer of omens, since it leadeth to idolatry, nor a user of spells, nor an astrologer, nor a travelling purifier, nor wish to see these things, for from all these things idolatry ariseth.

Where 施展 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shèng–shí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī zhǎn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.