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牵挂

qiān guà

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

牵挂 (qiān guà) means "to worry about; to be concerned about". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 牵挂 means

1. to worry about
2. to be concerned about

The characters in 牵挂

• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead

Example sentences

• 你看似对这世间已了无牵挂。
  Nǐ kànsì duì zhè shìjiān yǐ le wú qiānguà.
  You look as if you don't have a care in the world.

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