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邪恶

xié'è

evil; wicked

A menacing figure hides behind a tree as a child walks by
Memory picture

Characters in this word

邪 xié

Strokes
6
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
牙 tooth, molar 阝 place, town, city

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

  • 影片中的反派并非天生邪恶,而是在权力诱惑下逐渐丧失底线。 Yǐngpiàn zhōng de fǎnpài bìngfēi tiānshēng xié'è, ér shì zài quánlì yòuhuò xià zhújiàn sàngshī dǐxiàn. The villain in the film is not born evil, but gradually loses his moral limits under the temptation of power.
  • 童话里的巫婆虽然看起来邪恶,心里却很孤独。 Tónghuà lǐ de wūpó suīrán kànqǐlái xié'è, xīnlǐ què hěn gūdú. Although the witch in the fairy tale looks evil, her heart is lonely.
  • 他被邪恶的念头驱使,做出了对不起朋友的事。 Tā bèi xié'è de niàntou qūshǐ, zuòchū le duìbuqǐ péngyou de shì. Driven by wicked thoughts, he did something that wronged his friend.

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