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绿洲

lǜ zhōu

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

绿洲 (lǜ zhōu) means "oasis". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 绿洲 means

1. oasis

The characters in 绿洲

• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 洲zhōucontinent; island in a river

Example sentences

• 沙漠中有绿洲。
  Shāmò zhōng yǒu lǜzhōu.
  There is an oasis in the desert.

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