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肆无忌惮

sìwújìdàn

unscrupulous; unrestrained

A brazen man shoves through a queue, ignoring the warning barrier
Memory picture

Characters in this word

肆 sì

Strokes
13
Radical
聿 — writing brush, pencil
Made of
镸 long 聿 writing brush, pencil
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 肆

无 wú

Strokes
4
Radical
无 — no, not
Made of
一 one 尢 weak, lame

忌 jì

Strokes
7
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
己 self, oneself 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

惮 dàn

Strokes
11
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 单 single, individual, only
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 惮

Example phrases

  • 有些司机肆无忌惮地闯红灯,真让人生气。 Yǒuxiē sījī sìwújìdàn de chuǎng hóngdēng, zhēn ràng rén shēngqì. Some drivers brazenly run red lights; it really makes people angry.
  • 他肆无忌惮地在办公室里大声打电话,同事非常不满。 Tā sìwújìdàn de zài bàngōngshì lǐ dàshēng dǎ diànhuà, tóngshì fēicháng bùmǎn. He brazenly talks loudly on the phone in the office, and his colleagues are very unhappy about it.
  • 这些广告肆无忌惮地夸大效果,消费者要小心。 Zhèxiē guǎnggào sìwújìdàn de kuādà xiàoguǒ, xiāofèizhě yào xiǎoxīn. These advertisements brazenly exaggerate their effects; consumers should be careful.

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