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矗立

chù lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

矗立 (chù lì) means "to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 矗立 means

1. to tower
2. standing tall and upright (of large building)

The characters in 矗立

• 矗chùlofty; upright
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 创校人的雕像在大学校园的中心矗立着。
  Chuāng xiào rén de diāoxiàng zài dàxué xiàoyuán de zhōngxīn chùlì zhe.
  In the center of the university campus stands the statue of the founder.

Sounds the same

Read chù lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 畜力animal power; animal-drawn (plow etc)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chù lì correctly.
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