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恶

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evil; wicked; bad

A scowling cloaked figure with a thorny branch under a cloud
Memory picture

Character

恶 è

Strokes
10
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
亚 Asia 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 恶

Example phrases

  • 这部小说讨论的不是抽象的善与恶,而是普通人在压力下的选择。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō tǎolùn de bú shì chōuxiàng de shàn yǔ è, ér shì pǔtōngrén zài yālì xià de xuǎnzé. This novel discusses not abstract good and evil, but the choices ordinary people make under pressure.
  • 善有善报,恶有恶报,这是老人常说的话。 Shàn yǒu shàn bào, è yǒu è bào, zhè shì lǎorén cháng shuō de huà. Good is repaid with good and evil with evil, as old people often say.
  • 这个故事里的恶人最后受到了惩罚。 Zhège gùshi lǐ de èrén zuìhòu shòudào le chéngfá. The villain in this story was punished in the end.

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