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注定

zhù dìng

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

注定 (zhù dìng) means "to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 注定 means

1. to foreordain
2. to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably

The characters in 注定

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 你注定失败。
  You're bound to fail.
• 这种人注定惨败。
  Zhèzhǒng rén zhùdìng cǎnbài.
  That kind of person will fail for sure.
• 这种人注定失败。
  Such a man is bound to fail.
• 侵略者注定要被打败。
  Qīnlüèzhě zhùdìng yào bèi dǎbài.
  The aggressors are bound to be defeated.
• 每个人都是注定要死的。
  Měigerén dōu shì zhùdìng yàosǐ de.
  Everyone is doomed to die.
• 这样的计划注定会失败的。
  Zhèyàng de jìhuà zhùdìng huì shībài de.
  Such a plan is bound to fail.

Words containing 注定

• 命中注定mìng zhōng zhù dìngdecreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated

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