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酝酿

yùn niàng

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

酝酿 (yùn niàng) means "(of alcohol) to ferment; (of a crisis) to be brewing; to mull over (an issue)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 酝酿 means

1. (of alcohol) to ferment
2. (of a crisis) to be brewing
3. to mull over (an issue)
4. to hold exploratory discussions

The characters in 酝酿

• 酝yùnto brew
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)

Example sentences

• 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 他们的友情酝酿成爱情的果实。
  Tāmen de yǒuqíng yùnniàng chéng àiqíng de guǒshí.
  Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
• 他和她之间的友谊，渐渐地酝酿成了爱情。
  Tā hé tā zhījiān de yǒuyì, jiànjiàn de yùnniàng chéngle àiqíng.
  By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.

Where 酝酿 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (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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