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相识

xiāng shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 相識

相识 (xiāng shí) means "to get to know each other; acquaintance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 相识 means

1. to get to know each other
2. acquaintance

The characters in 相识

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì

Example sentences

• 这看起来似曾相识。
  Zhè kànqǐlai sìcéngxiāngshí.
  It seems so familiar.
• 汤姆和我相识很久了。
  Tāngmǔ hé wǒ xiāngshí hěn jiǔ le.
  Tom and I have known each other for a long time.

Words containing 相识

• 似曾相识sì céng xiāng shídéjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)…
• 素不相识sù bù xiāng shíto be total strangers (idiom)
• 不打不相识bù dǎ bù xiāng shílit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to…
• 不打不成相识bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shídon't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

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