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告状

gào zhuàng

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

告状 (gào zhuàng) means "to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 告状 means

1. to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc)
2. to bring a lawsuit

The characters in 告状

• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 状zhuàng(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition…

Words containing 告状

• 恶人先告状è rén xiān gào zhuàngthe guilty party files the suit; the thief cries thief

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