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立足

lì zú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

立足 (lì zú) means "to stand; to have a footing; to be established". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 立足 means

1. to stand
2. to have a footing
3. to be established
4. to base oneself on

The characters in 立足

• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

Example sentences

• 放眼全球，立足本土。
  Think global, act local.

Words starting with 立足

• 立足点lì zú diǎnfoothold

Where 立足 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì zú correctly.
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