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神话

shén huà

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 神話

神话 (shén huà) means "myth; legend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 神话 means

1. legend
2. fairy tale
3. myth
4. mythology

The characters in 神话

• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 保罗的成功是一个神话。
  Bǎoluó de chénggōng shì yī gè shénhuà.
  Paul's success was a myth.
• 神话让我们能透悉古文明。
  Shénhuà ràng wǒmen néng tòu xī gǔwénmíng.
  The myth offers insights into the ancient civilization.
• 在希腊神话中，阿瑞斯是战争之神。
  In Greek mythology, Ares was the god of war.
• 神话和传说应该一代一代的传承下去。
  Shénhuà hé chuánshuō yīnggāi yīdài yīdài de chuánchéng xiàqù.
  Myths and legends should be handed down from generation to generation.
• 竞选活动因为年轻人的支持而越来越有声势，他们拒绝了他们那一代对政治不感兴趣的神话，他们离开家，从事那些薪水少而且辛苦的工作。
  Jìngxuǎnhuódòng yīnwèi niánqīngrén de zhīchí ér yuèláiyuè yǒu shēngshì, tāmen jùjué le tāmen nà yīdài duì zhèngzhì bù gǎnxìngqù de shénhuà, tāmen líkāi jiā, cóngshì nàxiē xīnshuǐ shǎo érqiě xīnkǔ de gōngzuò.
  It drew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy, who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.

Words starting with 神话

• 神话故事shén huà gù shimythical story; myth

Sounds the same

Read shén huà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 神化to make divine; apotheosis

Where 神话 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Myths, Mysteries & Spirit (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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