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厌恶

yàn wù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 厭惡

厌恶 (yàn wù) means "to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 厌恶 means

1. to loathe
2. to hate
3. disgusted with sth

The characters in 厌恶

• 厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious

Example sentences

• 我厌恶他。
  I am disgusted with him.
• 我厌恶政治。
  I abhor politics.
• 我厌恶这位新总统。
  I abhor the new president.
• 我对他们无耻的行径感到厌恶。
  Wǒ duì tāmen wúchǐ de xíngjìng gǎndào yànwù.
  I'm annoyed by their impudence.
• 萨米看到照片，立刻感到厌恶。
  Sami the picture and he was immediately disgusted.
• 我厌恶每个人，每个人都厌恶我。
  I detest everyone, and everyone detests me.

Words containing 厌恶

• 女性厌恶nǚ xìng yàn wùmisogyny
• 男性厌恶nán xìng yàn wùmisandry

Where 厌恶 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yàng–yáo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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