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生机

shēng jī

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

生机 (shēng jī) means "opportunity to live; to reprieve from death; life force". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 生机 means

1. opportunity to live; hope of success
2. vigor; vitality

The characters in 生机

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity

Words starting with 生机

• 生机勃勃shēng jī bó bó(idiom) vibrant; full of vitality
• 生机盎然shēng jī àng ránfull of life; exuberant

Words containing 生机

• 一线生机yī xiàn shēng jī(idiom) a chance of survival; a fighting chance; a ray of hope

Where 生机 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shēng–shèn (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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