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烈士

liè shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

烈士 (liè shì) means "martyr". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 烈士 means

1. martyr

The characters in 烈士

• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Words starting with 烈士

• 烈士陵liè shì língmemorial mound; heroes' memorial

Words containing 烈士

• 革命烈士gé mìng liè shìmartyr of the revolution
• 无名烈士墓wú míng liè shì mùtomb of the unknown soldier
• 黄花岗七十二烈士Huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shìthe seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

Sounds the same

Read liè shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劣势inferior; disadvantaged

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