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见义勇为

jiàn yì yǒng wéi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 見義勇為

见义勇为 (jiàn yì yǒng wéi) means "to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically i". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 见义勇为 means

1. (idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action

The characters in 见义勇为

• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 几位见义勇为的乘客把小偷抓住了，还把他送到了警方的手中。
  Jǐ wèi jiànyìyǒngwéi de chéngkè bǎ xiǎotōu zhuāzhù le, hái bǎ tā sòng dào le jǐngfāng de shǒu zhōng.
  Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.

Where 见义勇为 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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