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热衷

rè zhōng

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

热衷 (rè zhōng) means "to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 热衷 means

1. to feel strongly about
2. to be fond of
3. obsession
4. deep commitment

The characters in 热衷

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 衷zhōnginner feelings

Example sentences

• 他不仅是对这个有兴趣，并相当热衷。
  Tā bù jǐn shì duì zhège yǒuxìngqù, bìng xiāngdāng rèzhōng.
  He is not just interested, he's crazy about it.

Sounds the same

Read rè zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 热中variant of 热衷

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