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坏处

huàichù

disadvantage; harm

HSK 2 · Topic “Views and reasons”
A spoiled apple with a leaf
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Characters in this word

坏 huài

Strokes
7
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 不 no, not, un-
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

处 chù

Strokes
5
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这样有坏处。 Zhèyàng yǒu huàichù. This has a disadvantage.
  • 吃太多有坏处。 Chī tài duō yǒu huàichù. Eating too much is harmful.
  • 坏处不小。 Huàichù bù xiǎo. The disadvantage is not small.

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