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学识

xuéshí

knowledge; learning

A scholar with spectacles reads beside a stack of books
Memory picture

Characters in this word

学 xué

Strokes
8
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

识 shí

Strokes
7
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 只 only, merely, just
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 识

Example phrases

  • 他并不炫耀自己的学识,却能在关键问题上提出极有分量的判断。 Tā bìng bù xuànyào zìjǐ de xuéshí, què néng zài guānjiàn wèntí shàng tíchū jí yǒu fènliàng de pànduàn. He does not flaunt his learning, yet on key issues he can offer weighty judgements.
  • 他的学识渊博,同事遇到难题都来请教他。 Tā de xuéshí yuānbó, tóngshì yùdào nántí dōu lái qǐngjiào tā. He is immensely learned, so colleagues come to consult him whenever they meet a difficult problem.
  • 这位教授学识丰富,讲课总是深入浅出。 Zhè wèi jiàoshòu xuéshí fēngfù, jiǎngkè zǒngshì shēnrù qiǎnchū. This professor has rich knowledge and always explains profound things in simple language.

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