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珍惜

zhēn xī

HSK 5 2-character word

What 珍惜 means

1. to treasure
2. to value
3. to cherish

The characters in 珍惜

• 珍zhēnprecious thing; treasure; culinary delicacy
• 惜xīto cherish; to begrudge; to pity

Example sentences

• 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。
  Wǒ zhìjīn hái zhēnxī nǐ shí nián qián gěi wǒ de xiàngliàn.
  I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.
• 我没有讨厌你。 但是我也不觉得我会努力珍惜你。就像我说过很多次那样，我不需要朋友。
  I don’t hate you, but I also don’t appreciate you. I have said this many times, I don’t need friends.

Sounds the same

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

• 珍稀rare; precious and uncommon