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里程碑

lǐ chéng bēi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

里程碑 (lǐ chéng bēi) means "milestone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 里程碑 means

1. milestone

The characters in 里程碑

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 碑bēia monument; an upright stone tablet; stele

Example sentences

• 登月是一项里程碑式的成就。
  Dēngyuè shì yī xiàng lǐchéngbēi shì de chéngjiù.
  The moon landing was a monumental achievement.
• 这次任务充满了里程碑：这将是韩国女性首次进入太空轨道，也是代表韩国的蒜味辣白菜——「泡菜」，第一次出现在零重力餐桌上。
  The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a South Korean woman has headed into orbit, and it will also be the first time that "kimchi"—that spicy, garlicky cabbage dish that epitomizes South Korea—will be served at the zero-gravity dinner table.

Where 里程碑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lèng–lǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lǐ chéng bēi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.