毕业生 bìyèshēng graduate
怎么记住“毕业生”: 毕 finish + 业 industry + 生 life = graduate.
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用法
- A noun for the person, not the act - 毕业 alone is the verb 'to graduate', 毕业生 adds 生 to name the graduate.
- Common collocations: 应届毕业生 (this year's graduating class), 大学毕业生 (college graduate).
- 他是今年的毕业生 (tā shì jīnnián de bìyèshēng) - He's this year's graduate.
- Neutral, common in school and job-hunting contexts, spoken and written alike.