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起跑线

qǐ pǎo xiàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 起跑線

起跑线 (qǐ pǎo xiàn) means "the starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 起跑线 means

1. the starting line (of a race)
2. scratch line (in a relay race)

The characters in 起跑线

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

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