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气概

qì gài

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 氣概

What 气概 means

1. lofty quality
2. mettle
3. spirit

The characters in 气概

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…

Example sentences

• 有一种普遍的看法认为，一切对演说方式的研究都是有损男子气概的，都会以雕饰与浮华取代质朴与力量。
  There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.

Words containing 气概

• 男子气概nán zǐ qì gàimasculinity; manliness

Where 气概 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qì–qǐ (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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