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否决

fǒu jué

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

否决 (fǒu jué) means "to veto; to overrule". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 否决 means

1. to veto
2. to overrule

The characters in 否决

• 否fǒuto negate; to deny; not
• 决juéto decide; to determine; to execute (sb)

Example sentences

• 他们为什么否决了你的建议呢？
  Tāmen wèishénme fǒujué le nǐ de jiànyì ne?
  Why did they turn down your proposal?
• 美国总统有权否决与退回法案。
  Měiguó zǒngtǒng yǒuquán fǒujué yǔ tuìhuí fǎ'àn.
  The President of the United States has the power to veto and send back legislation.
• 我从来没否决过我对你有感情。
  I've never denied that I have feelings for you.

Words starting with 否决

• 否决权fǒu jué quánveto power
• 否决票fǒu jué piàoveto

Where 否决 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fèng–fǔ (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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