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颠簸

diān bǒ

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

颠簸 (diān bǒ) means "to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a ro". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 颠簸 means

1. to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence)
2. (fig.) to undergo a rough experience

The characters in 颠簸

• 颠diāntop (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down

Where 颠簸 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dēng–dǐ (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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