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根深蒂固

gēn shēn dì gù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

根深蒂固 (gēn shēn dì gù) means "deep-rooted (problem etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 根深蒂固 means

1. deep-rooted (problem etc)

The characters in 根深蒂固

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 蒂dìstem (of fruit)
• 固gùhard; strong; solid

Where 根深蒂固 is taught

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

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