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适度

shì dù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 適度

适度 (shì dù) means "moderately; appropriate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 适度 means

1. moderately
2. appropriate

The characters in 适度

• 适shìto fit; suitable; proper
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 适度的运动让身心焕然一新。
  Moderate exercise will refresh both mind and body.
• 适度运动对身体健康是必要的。
  Shìdù yùndòng duì shēntǐ jiànkāng shì bìyào de.
  Moderate exercise is necessary for good health.
• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

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