独立
dú​lì HSK4

self-reliant

独立 獨立 dú​lì
self-reliant adjective
(of a person or their thinking) self-reliant; not dependent on others for support or help

独立不是孤立。

dú​lì bù​shì gū​lì.

Independence is not isolation.

independent adjectivenoun
(of a country, government, or organization) sovereign; free from external control or intervention

从那时起，瑞士一直保持了经济上的独立。

cóng nà​shí qǐ, ruì​shì yī​zhí bǎo​chí le jīng​jì shang de dú​lì.

Since then, Switzerland has maintained its economic independence.

to stand alone
to stand by oneself; to be solitary
to become separate
to separate from a larger organization or parent unit to become a self-governing entity
outstanding
surpassing all others; peerless; unparalleled (often used in literary contexts to describe beauty or character)
isolated
solitary and without support; helpless
independent (military)
(of a military unit) reporting directly to a higher-level command rather than the standard immediate superior unit

Frequency
Movie subtitles
29.5 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
100.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)