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树梢

shù shāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 樹梢

树梢 (shù shāo) means "the tip of a tree; treetop". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 树梢 means

1. the tip of a tree; treetop

The characters in 树梢

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 梢shāotip of branch

Example sentences

• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

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