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瘟疫

wēn yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

瘟疫 (wēn yì) means "plague; pestilence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 瘟疫 means

1. plague; pestilence

The characters in 瘟疫

• 瘟wēnepidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
• 疫yì(bound form) epidemic; plague

Example sentences

• 成千上万的人死于瘟疫。
  Thousands upon thousands have died from the epidemic.

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