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绝望

jué wàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 絕望

绝望 (jué wàng) means "to despair". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 绝望 means

1. to despair
2. to give up all hope
3. desperate
4. desperation

The characters in 绝望

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 汤姆绝望了。
  Tom gave up all hope.
• 充满希望比绝望好。
  To hope is better than to despair.
• 他终于到了绝望之井。
  Tā zhōngyú dào le juéwàng zhī jǐng.
  At last, he arrived at the Well of Despair.
• 丈夫去世时她十分绝望。
  Zhàngfu qùshì shí tā shífēn juéwàng.
  She was in despair when her husband died.
• 这些家庭主妇过得很绝望。
  These housewives are desperate.
• 终于，他来到了绝望之井。
  At last, he arrived at the Well of Despair.

Where 绝望 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jù–jǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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