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遭到

zāodào

to suffer, to meet with

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Characters in this word

遭 zāo

Strokes
14
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 曹 ministers, officials
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 遭

到 dào

Strokes
8
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这项规定一公布,就遭到不少家长的质疑。 Zhè xiàng guīdìng yì gōngbù, jiù zāodào bù shǎo jiāzhǎng de zhìyí. As soon as this rule was announced, it was met with questions from many parents.
  • 他的建议遭到了大家的反对。 Tā de jiànyì zāodào le dàjiā de fǎnduì. His suggestion met with everyone's opposition.
  • 这个计划遭到拒绝后,他们只好重新想办法。 Zhège jìhuà zāodào jùjué hòu, tāmen zhǐhǎo chóngxīn xiǎng bànfǎ. After the plan was rejected, they had to think of a new way.

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