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翻新

fān xīn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

翻新 (fān xīn) means "to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 翻新 means

1. to revamp
2. a face-lift
3. to retread (a tire)
4. to refurbish (old clothes)
5. newly emerging

The characters in 翻新

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 我们的场地不久前翻新了。
  Wǒmen de chǎngdì bùjiǔqián fānxīn le.
  Our venue wasn't renovated too long ago.
• 我的邻居把她的屋子翻新了一遍。
  Wǒ de línjū bǎ tā de wūzi fānxīn le yībiàn.
  My neighbor renovated her house completely.

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