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点缀

diǎn zhuì

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

点缀 (diǎn zhuì) means "to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 点缀 means

1. to decorate
2. to adorn
3. sprinkled
4. studded
5. only for show

The characters in 点缀

• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 缀zhuìto sew; to stitch together; to combine

Example sentences

• 众多村庄点缀着福斯湾的岸边，优美如画。初次于此航行的陌生人，必定会留下深刻印象。
  The stranger who sails for the first time up the Firth of Forth must be struck with the numerous villages that stud its picturesque shores.
• 我们突然向下望去，只见一个杯状的洼地，上面点缀着矮小的橡树和被多年风暴肆虐扭曲变形的蕨类植物。两座高耸狭窄的塔楼耸立在树梢之上。车夫用鞭子指着前方。他说：「巴斯克维尔庄园。」
  Suddenly we looked down into a cup-like depression, patched with stunted oaks and furs which had been twisted and bent by the fury of years of storm. Two high, narrow towers rose over the trees. The driver pointed with his whip. “Baskerville Hall,” said he.

Where 点缀 is taught

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

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