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建设

jiàn shè

HSK 3 · word 1582 of 3,000

Meaning

• to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute

Example sentence

Characters in 建设

• 建 jiàn to establish
• 设 shè to set up, to establish; to suppose

建 to build plus 设, to set up. 建 gives 建立 and 建议; 设 gives 设计 and 设备. Used of infrastructure and of nations rather than houses.

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