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生疏

shēng shū

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

生疏 (shēng shū) means "unfamiliar; strange; out of practice". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 生疏 means

1. unfamiliar
2. strange
3. out of practice
4. not accustomed

The characters in 生疏

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin

Where 生疏 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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