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设立

shè lì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 設立

设立 (shè lì) means "to set up; to establish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 设立 means

1. to set up; to establish

The characters in 设立

• 设shèto set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Example sentences

• 设立「普丁法庭」的程序已经启动。
  The process of creating a “tribunal for Putin” has been launched.
• 在科隆一家疗养院的附近有一个公交车站。这一站没有任何公交车停靠。它是为更加容易地寻找逃跑的精神病患者而设立的。
  There is a bus stop near a nursing home in Cologne. No bus ever stops there. It's created for the purpose of finding mental patients on the run more easily.

Sounds the same

Read shè lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舍利(Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra")
• 涉历to experience

Where 设立 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shàn–shè (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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