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素养

sùyǎng

quality; accomplishment; literacy

A person practices calligraphy at a wooden desk with scrolls
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Characters in this word

素 sù

Strokes
10
Radical
糸 — silk
Made of
龶 growing plant 糸 silk
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

养 yǎng

Strokes
9
Radical
丷 — horns
Made of
羊 sheep, goat 儿 son, child
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 媒体素养不仅意味着会辨别真假信息,也意味着愿意修正自己的偏见。 Méitǐ sùyǎng bùjǐn yìwèizhe huì biànbié zhēn jiǎ xìnxī, yě yìwèizhe yuànyì xiūzhèng zìjǐ de piānjiàn. Media literacy means not only being able to distinguish true information from false, but also being willing to correct one's own biases.
  • 她的音乐素养从小就培养起来了。 Tā de yīnyuè sùyǎng cóngxiǎo jiù péiyǎng qǐlái le. Her musical accomplishment has been cultivated since childhood.
  • 提高员工的专业素养是公司培训的主要目标。 Tígāo yuángōng de zhuānyè sùyǎng shì gōngsī péixùn de zhǔyào mùbiāo. Improving employees' professional competence is the main goal of the company's training.

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