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熏陶

xūn táo

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

熏陶 (xūn táo) means "to seep in; to influence; to nurture". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 熏陶 means

1. to seep in
2. to influence
3. to nurture
4. influence
5. training

The characters in 熏陶

• 熏xūnto smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils
• 陶táopottery; pleased

Words starting with 熏陶

• 熏陶成性xūn táo chéng xìng(idiom) nurture makes second nature; good habits come by long assimilation

Where 熏陶 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–yā (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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