唾 tuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
唾弃
tuòqì
to spurn; to reject with contempt
Characters in this word
弃 qì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 厶 private, secret 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学术界普遍唾弃伪造数据的行为，因为它破坏了知识共同体的信任基础。 Xuéshùjiè pǔbiàn tuòqì wěizào shùjù de xíngwéi, yīnwèi tā pòhuài le zhīshi gòngtóngtǐ de xìnrèn jīchǔ. Academia generally rejects data fabrication with contempt because it destroys the foundation of trust in the knowledge community.
- 他因为欺骗朋友而被大家唾弃，从此没人信任他。 Tā yīnwèi qīpiàn péngyou ér bèi dàjiā tuòqì, cóngcǐ méi rén xìnrèn tā. He was despised by everyone for deceiving his friends, and since then no one has trusted him.
- 背信弃义的人终会被周围的人唾弃。 Bèixìn qìyì de rén zhōng huì bèi zhōuwéi de rén tuòqì. Those who betray trust will in the end be spurned by the people around them.
Related words
- 唾液 tuòyè saliva
- 放弃 fàngqì to give up
- 丢弃 diūqì to discard; to throw away
- 废弃 fèiqì to abandon; to discard
- 抛弃 pāoqì to abandon; to discard
- 弃权 qìquán to abstain; to waive a right
- 嫌弃 xiánqì to dislike; to look down on; to reject with disdain
- 遗弃 yíqì to abandon; to desert
- 袖手旁观 xiùshǒupángguān to stand by and do nothing
- 玩弄 wánnòng to play with; to manipulate; to toy with
- 指手画脚 zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo to gesticulate and criticise; to boss people around
- 推卸 tuīxiè to shirk; to evade responsibility