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纵深

zòng shēn

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

纵深 (zòng shēn) means "depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 纵深 means

1. depth (from front to rear)
2. depth (into a territory)
3. span (of time)
4. (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)

The characters in 纵深

• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep

Sounds the same

Read zòng shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纵身to leap; to spring; to throw oneself

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