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限度

xiàn dù

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

限度 (xiàn dù) means "limitation; limit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 限度 means

1. limit

The characters in 限度

• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 我知道我的限度。
  Wǒ zhīdào wǒ de xiàndù.
  I know my limitations.
• 忍耐是有限度的。
  Patience has its limits.
• 对于我们来说，这已经是做出了最大限度的让步了。
  Duìyú wǒmen lái shuō, zhè yǐjīng shì zuòchū le zuì dàxiàn dù de ràngbù le.
  In our view, we have already made the biggest possible compromise.
• 人们很容易将能源和电力小组委员会的大多数成员描述为笨蛋。他们散布石油和煤炭公司炮制的虚假信息，以最大限度地减少全球气候变迁的重要性，被称为科学文盲。
  One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Words containing 限度

• 最低限度zuì dī xiàn dùthe bare minimum; the lowest acceptable limit or standard

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