驳 bó
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- Made of
- 马 horse 爻 diagrams for divination
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
驳回
bóhuí
to reject; to overrule
Characters in this word
回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 法院认为证据不足，依法驳回了原告的全部诉讼请求。 Fǎyuàn rènwéi zhèngjù bùzú, yīfǎ bóhuí le yuángào de quánbù sùsòng qǐngqiú. The court held that the evidence was insufficient and lawfully rejected all of the plaintiff's claims.
- 老板驳回了我们的方案，要求重新修改。 Lǎobǎn bóhuí le wǒmen de fāng'àn, yāoqiú chóngxīn xiūgǎi. The boss rejected our plan and asked for it to be revised again.
- 他的申请被驳回了，因为材料不齐。 Tā de shēnqǐng bèi bóhuí le, yīnwèi cáiliào bù qí. His application was rejected because the documents were incomplete.
Related words
- 反驳 fǎnbó to refute; to rebut
- 回 huí to return, to go back
- 回答 huídá to answer; answer
- 回到 huídào to return to
- 回家 huíjiā to go home
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 回去 huíqù to go back
- 回 huí time, occasion (measure word)
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 回复 huífù to reply
- 收回 shōuhuí to take back
- 返回 fǎnhuí to return