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气馁

qì něi

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

气馁 (qì něi) means "to be discouraged". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 气馁 means

1. to be discouraged

The characters in 气馁

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 馁něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid

Example sentences

• 玛丽告诉我她不气馁。
  Mǎlì gàosu wǒ tā bù qìněi.
  Mary told me she wasn't discouraged.
• 别气馁，继续写作吧。
  Bié qìněi, jìxù xiězuò ba.
  Keep a good heart and go on writing.

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