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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

修养 [xiūyǎng]
  1. 1. noun [水平] [pl] accomplishments
    文学修养
    literary accomplishments
  2. 2. noun [指态度] gentility

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

修养 [xiūyǎng]
  1. 1. accomplishment; training; mastery
    有艺术修养
    be artistically accomplished
    在文学上很有修养
    be widely read in literature
  2. 2. accomplishment in self-cultivation; self-possession
    他无论做什么事总是非常稳重,不急躁,的确很有修养
    He is always steady and reliable in whatever he does. He is really self-possessed.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

修养 [xiūyǎng]
  1. 1. 道教教徒修炼。
  2. 2. 思想、理论、知识或技艺等方面所达到的一定水平
    文学修养
  3. 3. 指长期养成的符合社会要求的待人处事的态度和涵养
    素质高,修养好。

Examples

在文学上很有修养
be widely read in literature
文学修养
literary accomplishments
她很有修养
She has many accomplishments.
修养
加强道德修养,切忌言行不检
言谈举止反映人的文化修养和格调
素质高,修养好。

Collocations

理论修养
the accomplishment of proving a theory
文学修养
a literary accomplishment
修养
to be well cultivated
注重修养
to pay attention to one’s training
修养不好
to be ill-cultivated
自身修养
self-cultivation

Word Decomposition


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