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Meaning of 勋

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(Trad.: 勛)
Pinyin: xūn
English Definition: medal; merit
Chinese Definition:
①特殊功劳:勋章。勋业(功勋和事业,如“不朽的勋勋”)。功勋。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (strength) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ yuán ] employee; member; personnel, staff
    • [ ] strength, power; capability, influence
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Example Words
功勋 gōng xūn achievement; meritorious deed; contributions (for the good of society)
勋章 xūn zhāng medal; decoration
授勋 shòu xūn to award an honor
元勋 yuán xūn leading light; founding father; principal proponent; also written 元勋
元勋 yuán xūn leading light; founding father; principal proponent
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Example Sentences
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He was praised to the skies by Puccini and Schoenberg.
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An enormous literature exists on the relationship between abstract painting and atonal music, and the extensive Kandinsky-Schoenberg correspondence can be found on the Internet.
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Thomas Mann in his novel Doktor Faustus tells the story of a composer based mainly on Arnold Schoenberg, whom resentment drives to make a pact with the Devil.
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The Yonhap news agency says South Korean National Intelligence Service director Won Sei-hoon made the prediction of another North Korean attack during a parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday.
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Out of a sense of obligation, musicians perform Schoenberg from time to time, but always in the middle and never at the end of a program, for audiences flee the cacophony.