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造就

zào jiù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

造就 (zào jiù) means "to bring up; to train; to contribute to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 造就 means

1. to bring up
2. to train
3. to contribute to
4. achievements (usually of young people)

The characters in 造就

• 造zàoto make; to build; to manufacture
• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…

Example sentences

• 风风雨雨造就了我。
  I am my struggles.
• 光有胡须不能造就一位哲学家。
  Guāng yǒu húxū bù néng zàojiù yī wèi zhéxuéjiā.
  A beard doesn't make a philosopher.
• 你不可能『得到』一段美好的感情,你只能找到一个你心爱的人来共同经营、造就、完成一段美好的感情。
  Nǐ bù kěnéng 『 dédào 』 yī duàn měihǎo de gǎnqíng, nǐ zhǐnéng zhǎodào yī gè nǐ xīn'ài de rén lái gòngtóng jīngyíng, zàojiù, wánchéng yī duàn měihǎo de gǎnqíng.
  You can't "get" a great relationship; you can only find someone you love from the heart, and work together with them to achieve a great relationship.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zào jiù correctly.
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