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仇恨

chóuhèn

hatred; enmity

A frowning person with clenched fists under a dark cloud.
Memory picture

Characters in this word

仇 chóu

Strokes
4
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 九 nine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

恨 hèn

Strokes
9
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 艮 blunt
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 长期的仇恨一旦被政治口号利用,社会撕裂就很难弥合。 Chángqī de chóuhèn yídàn bèi zhèngzhì kǒuhào lìyòng, shèhuì sīliè jiù hěn nán míhé. Once long-standing hatred is exploited by political slogans, social divisions become very hard to heal.
  • 她不愿让仇恨毁掉自己的生活。 Tā bú yuàn ràng chóuhèn huǐdiào zìjǐ de shēnghuó. She doesn't want hatred to ruin her life.
  • 时间久了,当年的仇恨慢慢淡了。 Shíjiān jiǔ le, dāngnián de chóuhèn mànmàn dàn le. As time passed, the hatred of those days slowly faded.

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