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知足常乐

zhī zú cháng lè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 知足常樂

知足常乐 (zhī zú cháng lè) means "satisfied with what one has (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 知足常乐 means

1. satisfied with what one has (idiom)

The characters in 知足常乐

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh

Example sentences

• 知足常乐。
  Zhīzúchánglè.
  Happy is the man who is contented.
• 谁都知道知足常乐。
  Shéi dōu zhīdào zhīzúchánglè.
  Everybody knows that happiness is in contentment.

Where 知足常乐 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhī (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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