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永久

yǒng jiǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

永久 (yǒng jiǔ) means "everlasting; perpetual; lasting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 永久 means

1. everlasting
2. perpetual
3. lasting
4. forever
5. permanent

The characters in 永久

• 永yǒngforever; always; perpetual
• 久jiǔ(of a period of time) long

Example sentences

• 请给我你的永久地址。
  Qǐng gěi wǒ nǐ de yǒngjiǔ dìzhǐ.
  Please give me your permanent address.
• 你还年轻，可是没有永久。
  Nǐ hái niánqīng, kěshì méiyǒu yǒngjiǔ.
  You're still young, but not permanently.
• 肯尼迪总统被刺杀了，但是他的传奇会永久长存。
  Kěnnídí zǒngtǒng bèi cìshā le, dànshì tā de chuánqí huì yǒngjiǔ chángcún.
  President Kennedy was killed, but his legend will live on forever.
• 为了惩处累犯，约翰逊先生也创造了“二振出局”的政策，再次严重违反准则将永久失去免费旅行权利。
  Wèile chéngchǔ lěifàn, Yuēhànxùn xiānsheng yě chuàngzào le "èr zhèn chūjú " de zhèngcè, zàicì yánzhòng wéifǎn zhǔnzé jiāng yǒngjiǔ shīqù miǎnfèi lǚxíng quánlì.
  In order to deal with repeat offenders, Mr Johnson is also establishing a "two strikes and you're out" policy - serious breaches of the rules will result in permanent removal of free travel rights.
• 迁移到南加州后，红冠鹦鹉已成为这里的永久栖息者，并被列入加州鸟类记录委员会的本国鸟类清单中。
  As transplants to Southern California, the red-crowned parrots have become such permanent fixtures that they are on the California Bird Records Committee’s list of birds in the state.

Words starting with 永久

• 永久性yǒng jiǔ xìngpermanent
• 永久和平yǒng jiǔ hé pínglasting peace; enduring peace
• 永久居民yǒng jiǔ jū mínpermanent resident
• 永久居留权yǒng jiǔ jū liú quánpermanent residency
• 永久居留证yǒng jiǔ jū liú zhèngpermanent residency permit
• 永久虚电路yǒng jiǔ xū diàn lùPermanent Virtual Circuit; PVC
• 永久磁铁yǒng jiǔ cí tiěpermanent magnet
• 永久冻土yǒng jiǔ dòng tǔpermafrost

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