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丑陋

chǒu lòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 醜陋

丑陋 (chǒu lòu) means "ugly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 丑陋 means

1. ugly

The characters in 丑陋

• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 陋lòulow; humble; plain

Example sentences

• 杰西卡穿着一条丑陋的连衣裙。
  Jessica wore an ugly dress.
• 美丽、丑陋、富有、贫穷、强壮和虚弱都是形容词。
  Beautiful, ugly, rich, poor, strong, and weak are examples of adjectives.
• “我认为完美是丑陋的”，他说道。“人们做的事情，我希望看到的是创伤，失败，混乱，扭曲。”
  "wǒ rènwéi wánměi shì chǒulòu de ", tā shuōdào."rénmen zuò de shìqing, wǒ xīwàng kàn dào de shì chuāngshāng, shībài, hùnluàn, niǔqū."
  "I think perfection is ugly", he said. "Somewhere in the things that humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chǒu lòu correctly.
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