否 fǒu
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- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
否决
fǒujué
to veto; to reject
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Example phrases
- 董事会否决了扩张方案，理由是现金流不足以支撑如此激进的布局。 Dǒngshìhuì fǒujué le kuòzhāng fāng'àn, lǐyóu shì xiànjīnliú bùzú yǐ zhīchēng rúcǐ jījìn de bùjú. The board vetoed the expansion plan on the grounds that cash flow was insufficient to support such an aggressive layout.
- 这个提案被多数人否决了，只好重新讨论。 Zhège tí'àn bèi duōshù rén fǒujué le, zhǐhǎo chóngxīn tǎolùn. This proposal was rejected by the majority, so it had to be discussed again.
- 爸爸否决了去海边的计划，因为天气预报说有雨。 Bàba fǒujué le qù hǎibiān de jìhuà, yīnwèi tiānqì yùbào shuō yǒu yǔ. Dad vetoed the plan to go to the seaside because the weather forecast said it would rain.