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褒贬

bāo biǎn

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

褒贬 (bāo biǎn) means "to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 褒贬 means

1. to appraise
2. to pass judgment on
3. to speak ill of
4. praise and censure
5. appraisal

The characters in 褒贬

• 褒bāoto praise; to commend; to honor
• 贬biǎnto diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate

Example sentences

• 影片得到的评价褒贬不一。
  Yǐngpiàn dédào de píngjià bāobiǎn bùyī.
  The film received mixed reviews.

Words containing 褒贬

• 一字褒贬yī zì bāo biǎn(lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom)…

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