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根基

gēn jī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

根基 (gēn jī) means "foundation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 根基 means

1. foundation

The characters in 根基

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…

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