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厌烦

yàn fán

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

厌烦 (yàn fán) means "bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 厌烦 means

1. bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth

The characters in 厌烦

• 厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble

Example sentences

• 我们感到厌烦了。
  We were bored.
• 我对他感到厌烦了。
  Wǒ duì tā gǎndào yànfán le.
  I am sick and tired of him.
• 我讨厌厌烦的感觉。
  I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
• 他厌烦了他的工作。
  He was sick of his job.
• 我厌烦了他的行为。
  I am fed up with his behaviour.
• 我对汉堡感到厌烦了。
  Wǒ duì hànbǎo gǎndào yànfán le.
  I'm sick and tired of hamburgers.

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