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爱不释手

ài bù shì shǒu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 愛不釋手

爱不释手 (ài bù shì shǒu) means "(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 爱不释手 means

1. idiomto like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

The characters in 爱不释手

• 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth)…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Where 爱不释手 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · āi–hē (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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