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高昂

gāo áng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

高昂 (gāo áng) means "to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 高昂 means

1. to hold (one's head) high
2. expensive
3. high (spirits etc)

The characters in 高昂

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 昂ángto lift; to raise; to raise one's head

Example sentences

• 马不但象征着刚健、高昂、昌盛、发达，还代表着奋斗不止、自强不息的民族精神。
  Mǎ bù dàn xiàngzhēng zhe gāngjiàn, gāo'áng, chāngshèng, fādá, hái dàibiǎo zhe fèndòu bù zhǐ, zìqiángbùxī de mínzú jīngshén.
  The horse does not just represent energy, high spirits, prosperity, development, but also stands for a national spirit of struggling on without stopping, and of striving on without giving up.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gāo áng correctly.
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