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理智

lǐ zhì

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

理智 (lǐ zhì) means "reason; intellect; rationality". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 理智 means

1. reason
2. intellect
3. rationality
4. rational

The characters in 理智

• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence
• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom

Example sentences

• 汤姆失去理智了。
  Tāngmǔ shīqù lǐzhì le.
  Tom has lost his mind.
• 他终于恢复了理智。
  He finally came to his senses.
• 他听到消息后失去了理智。
  Tā tīngdào xiāoxi hòu shīqù le lǐzhì.
  He went mad when he heard the story.
• 我没有失去理智，我在eBay上把它卖了。
  Wǒ méiyǒu shīqù lǐzhì, wǒ zài e bī ay shàng bǎ tā mài le.
  I did not lose my mind, I sold it on eBay.
• 看着自己的房子被烧得精光，他顿时丧失了理智。
  Kàn zhe zìjǐ de fángzi bèi shāo de jīngguāng, tā dùnshí sàngshī le lǐzhì.
  He lost his reason when he saw his house burn down.
• 卢梭是疯狂的, 但有影响力; 休谟是理智的, 但没有追随者。
  Lúsuō shì fēngkuáng de, dàn yǒuyǐngxiǎng lì; Xiūmó shì lǐzhì de, dàn méiyǒu zhuīsuízhě.
  Rousseau was mad but influential; Hume was sane but had no followers.

Sounds the same

Read lǐ zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 李治Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗
• 礼制etiquette; system of rites
• 李贽Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer

Where 理智 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lèng–lǐ (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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