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犀利

xī lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

犀利 (xī lì) means "sharp; incisive; penetrating". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 犀利 means

1. sharp
2. incisive
3. penetrating

The characters in 犀利

• 犀xīrhinoceros; sharp
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Sounds the same

Read xī lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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