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艰险

jiān xiǎn

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

艰险 (jiān xiǎn) means "difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 艰险 means

1. difficult and dangerous
2. hardships and perils

The characters in 艰险

• 艰jiāndifficult; hard; hardship
• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged

Words containing 艰险

• 不避艰险bù bì jiān xiǎnshrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger; make light of difficulties and dangers

Sounds the same

Read jiān xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奸险malicious; treacherous; wicked and crafty

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