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简历

jiǎn lì

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

简历 (jiǎn lì) means "CV, résumé". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 简历 means

1. curriculum vitae (CV)
2. résumé
3. biographical notes

The characters in 简历

• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 历lìcalendar

Example sentences

• 我根本不在乎我的简历。
  Wǒ gēnběn bù zàihu wǒ de jiǎnlì.
  I don't give a damn about my CV.
• 打印机只打了一半儿就停了，我手上只有他简历的一部分。
  The printer stopped in the middle, so I only have part of his CV.

Sounds the same

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

• 剪力shear; shearing force

Where 简历 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǎn lì correctly.
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