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粉碎

fěn suì

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

粉碎 (fěn suì) means "to crush; to smash; to shatter". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 粉碎 means

1. to crush; to smash; to shatter

The characters in 粉碎

• 粉fěnpowder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch…
• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…

Example sentences

• 车头的挡风玻璃被砸至粉碎。
  Chē tóu de dǎngfēngbōli bèi zá zhì fěnsuì.
  The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.
• 华盛顿的新保守主义者不该把航空母舰放到离俄罗斯和中国太近的地方。这两个国家有能粉碎它们的武器。
  Huáshèngdùn de xīn bǎoshǒu zhǔyìzhě bù gāi bǎ hángkōng mǔjiàn fàng dào lí éluósī hé Zhōngguó tài jìn de dìfang. Zhè liǎng gè guójiā yǒu néng fěnsuì tāmen de wǔqì.
  Washington's neocons should not push their aircraft carriers too close to Russia and China. These two countries have the weapons they need to pulverize them.

Words starting with 粉碎

• 粉碎机fěn suì jīpulverizer; grinder

Where 粉碎 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fēn–fěn (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 fěn suì correctly.
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