恶语

惡語
èyǔ
noun #31,944

Meanings

  1. 1 malicious words
  2. 2 vicious speech
  3. 3 abusive language

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā duì wǒ èyǔ xiāngxiàng, ràng wǒ hěn shāngxīn.
He hurled vicious words at me, which hurt me deeply.
HSK 7-9
Wǎngshàng de èyǔ gōngjī ràng tā bù gǎn zài fātiě.
The vicious online comments made her afraid to post again.

Tips

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Formal/written. The most common collocation is 恶语相向 ("to hurl abuse at one another") and 恶语伤人 ("to wound someone with vicious words"). In conversational Chinese you'd more often hear 难听 (nántīng de huà, "ugly things to say") or 骂人 (màrén de huà, "insults").

Stroke Order

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