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本能
běn​néng HSK7

instinct

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
本能 běn​néng
instinct noun

保护孩子是母亲的本能。

bǎo​hù hái​zi shì mǔ​qīn de běn​néng.

Protecting her children is a mother's instinct.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
10.4 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
8.39 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
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