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闲置

xián zhì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 閒置

闲置 (xián zhì) means "to leave sth unused; to lie idle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 闲置 means

1. to leave sth unused
2. to lie idle

The characters in 闲置

• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 置zhìto install; to place; to put

Example sentences

• 让土地闲置着很浪费。
  Ràng tǔdì xiánzhì zhe hěn làngfèi.
  It's wasteful to leave the land lying idle.

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