可恶
kěwù
hateful; odious
Characters in this word
恶 è
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 最可恶的是，他们明知系统有漏洞，却仍把责任推给基层员工。 Zuì kěwù de shì, tāmen míngzhī xìtǒng yǒu lòudòng, què réng bǎ zérèn tuī gěi jīcéng yuángōng. What is most odious is that they knew the system had loopholes, yet still shifted responsibility onto frontline employees.
- 这只蚊子太可恶了，一晚上都没让我睡着。 Zhè zhī wénzi tài kěwù le, yì wǎnshang dōu méi ràng wǒ shuìzháo. This mosquito is so hateful; it kept me from sleeping all night.
- 他明明做错了事，还不肯道歉，真可恶！ Tā míngmíng zuòcuò le shì, hái bù kěn dàoqiàn, zhēn kěwù! He clearly did wrong and still refuses to apologise, how infuriating!