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考生

kǎo shēng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

考生 (kǎo shēng) means "exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 考生 means

1. exam candidate
2. student whose name has been put forward for an exam

The characters in 考生

• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

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