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素养 (sù yǎng) — cultivated quality; accomplishment (in a specific domain such as culture, profession, or art)

Definition

素养 is a cultivated personal quality in a domain (cultural, artistic, professional). 修养 overlaps but leans more toward moral/intellectual self-cultivation.

noun
cultivated qualityaccomplishment (in a specific domain such as culture, profession, or art)

Examples

  • 素养、。
    Tí gāo wén huà sù yǎng xū yào duō dú shū, duō sī kǎo.
    Improving cultural accomplishment requires reading more and thinking more.
  • 素养。
    Tā duì yuán gōng de zhuān yè sù yǎng yāo qiú hěn gāo.
    He has high requirements for employees' professional competence.
  • 素养。
    Yì shù sù yǎng bú shì yì tiān jiù néng péi yǎng chū lái de.
    Artistic accomplishment can't be cultivated in just one day.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

素sùbasic
养yǎngcultivation

素 means basic and 养 means cultivation, so it refers to a person's cultivated quality.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 素 came from a picture of hands braiding thread.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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