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绊脚石

bàn jiǎo shí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 絆腳石

绊脚石 (bàn jiǎo shí) means "stumbling block; obstacle; someone who gets in your way". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 绊脚石 means

1. stumbling block
2. obstacle
3. someone who gets in your way

The characters in 绊脚石

• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription

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