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成语 (chéng yǔ) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 6

成语 (chéng yǔ) is a Chinese word: idiom. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 成语

名 míng noun

idiom

学习成语可以帮助你更好地理解中国文化。

xué xí chéng yǔ kě yǐ bāng zhù nǐ gèng hǎo de lǐ jiě Zhōng guó wén huà

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Word breakdown

成 chéng — established, fixed, formed

语 yǔ — phrase, expression, saying

Structure & writing
1 成 chéng — to accomplish; to succeed; to complete (opposite of 败)
成 is a component in 3 characters

consists of

Stroke order

2 语 yǔ — speech; words

语 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 讠 yán — speech/language radical
讠 is a component in 75 characters
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Stroke order