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践踏

jiàn tà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 踐踏

践踏 (jiàn tà) means "to trample". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 践踏 means

1. to trample

The characters in 践踏

• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on

Example sentences

• 不要践踏草地。
  Bù yào jiàntà cǎodì.
  Don't trample on the grass.
• 穿过花园时，请勿践踏花坛。
  Please don’t stomp on the flower beds when you walk through the garden.
• 恶霸恶劣地践踏同学的午餐便当。
  The bully stomped on his schoolmate’s lunchbox out of spite.
• 他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。
  Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.
• 反叛者践踏敌人的旗帜，以示挑衅。
  Rebels stomped on the enemy’s flags as a sign of defiance.
• 抗议者威胁要践踏反对者留下的横幅。
  The protesters threatened to stomp on the banners left by their opposition.

Where 践踏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàn (2) (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn tà correctly.
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