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应当

yīng dāng

HSK 3 · word 2068 of 3,000

Meaning

• should; ought to

Example sentence

Characters in 应当

• 应 yìng to respond, to answer; ought to
• 当 dāng to be

应 ought plus 当, to be fitting. 当 also gives 当时, 当然 and 相当; the word is the written twin of 应该.

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