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永恒

yǒng héng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 永恆

永恒 (yǒng héng) means "eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 永恒 means

1. eternal
2. everlasting
3. fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)

The characters in 永恒

• 永yǒngforever; always; perpetual
• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed

Example sentences

• 凡美的事物就是永恒的喜悦。
  Fán Měidí shìwù jiùshì yǒnghéng de xǐyuè.
  A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
• 形式是暂时的，等级才是永恒的。
  Form is temporary, class is permanent.
• 这些无限空间的永恒沉默使我恐惧。
  Zhèxiē wúxiàn kōngjiān de yǒnghéng chénmò shǐ wǒ kǒngjù.
  The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
• 在永恒的宅邸拉莱耶，长眠的克苏鲁候汝入梦。
  In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
• 总有一些东西我永远不能学会，我的生命不是永恒的！
  Zǒng yǒu yīxiē dōngxi wǒ yǒngyuǎn bù néng xuéhuì, wǒ de shēngmìng bù shì yǒnghéng de!
  There will always be things I will never learn, I don't have eternity before me!
• 以前从来不知道永恒是为了什么。它是为了给我们一些机会学习德语。
  Yǐqián cóngláibù zhīdào yǒnghéng shì wèile shénme. tā shì wèile gěi wǒmen yīxiē jīhuì xuéxí Déyǔ.
  Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.

Where 永恒 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǒng héng correctly.
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