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生硬

shēng yìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

生硬 (shēng yìng) means "stiff; harsh". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 生硬 means

1. rigid; stiff; lacking naturalness or smoothness; awkward; forced

The characters in 生硬

• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 硬yìnghard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly

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