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积淀

jī diàn

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

积淀 (jī diàn) means "deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 积淀 means

1. deposits accumulated over long periods
2. fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom

The characters in 积淀

• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 淀diàn(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)

Sounds the same

Read jī diàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机电machinery and power-generating equipment; electromechanical
• 基甸Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward); also written 吉迪恩

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