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罢休

bà xiū

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

罢休 (bà xiū) means "to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 罢休 means

1. to give up
2. to abandon (a goal etc)
3. to let sth go
4. forget it
5. let the matter drop

The characters in 罢休

• 罢bàto stop; to cease; to dismiss
• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease

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