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衰弱

shuāi ruò

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

衰弱 (shuāi ruò) means "weak; feeble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 衰弱 means

1. weak
2. feeble

The characters in 衰弱

• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as

Example sentences

• 他们观察到她随着病情变化身体也渐渐衰弱下去。
  Tāmen guānchá dào tā suí zhe bìngqíng biànhuà shēntǐ yě jiànjiàn shuāiruò xiàqù.
  They watched her gradually weaken as the disease progressed.

Words containing 衰弱

• 神经衰弱shén jīng shuāi ruònervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown…
• 精神衰弱jīng shén shuāi ruòpsychasthenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder

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