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警钟

jǐng zhōng

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

警钟 (jǐng zhōng) means "alarm bell". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 警钟 means

1. alarm bell

The characters in 警钟

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟

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