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紧张

jǐn zhāng

HSK 3 · word 1610 of 3,000

Meaning

• nervous
• keyed up
• intense

Measure word

阵 zhèn

Example sentence

Characters in 紧张

• 紧 jǐn tight
• 张 zhāng to open up

紧 tight plus 张, to stretch. Stretched tight — it covers a nervous person and a tense situation alike.

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