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经验

jīng yàn

HSK 3 · word 1618 of 3,000

Meaning

• experience
• to go through; to experience

Example sentence

Characters in 经验

• 经 jīng to pass through, to undergo; a classic text
• 验 yàn to test, to examine; to verify

经 to pass through plus 验 to test. Experience is what has been passed through and proved, and 经 carries that sense in 经过 and 经历 too.

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