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能力

ability; capability

能力
nénglì2nd tone
Pinyin
nénglì
Strokes
12
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 能力

能力 is written with 12 strokes (能: 10, 力: 2). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 4. 人的能力 (human ability); often with 有/没有.

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但是,它让很多人开始想:人的能力,不是从我们才开始的。

But it made many people start to think: human abilities did not begin with us.

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