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激活

jī huó

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

激活 (jī huó) means "to activate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 激活 means

1. to activate

The characters in 激活

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 活huóto live; alive; living

Example sentences

• 为享受和生命激活而读书，和为知识和教化而读书，是两码事。
  Wèi xiǎngshòu hé shēngmìng jīhuó ér dúshū, hé wèi zhīshi hé jiàohuà ér dúshū, shì liǎngmǎshì.
  There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.

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