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经受

jīng shòu

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

经受 (jīng shòu) means "to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 经受 means

1. to undergo (hardship)
2. to endure
3. to withstand

The characters in 经受

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer

Example sentences

• 我已经受够了。
  I've had enough.
• 我已经受够了!
  I've had enough already!
• 她经受得够多了。
  She's been through enough.

Sounds the same

Read jīng shòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 精瘦(colloquial) lean (figure, meat etc); slender

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