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困扰

kùn rǎo

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 困擾

困扰 (kùn rǎo) means "to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 困扰 means

1. to perplex
2. to disturb
3. to cause complications

The characters in 困扰

• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 扰rǎoto disturb

Example sentences

• 他正遭受严重头痛的困扰。
  Tā zhèng zāoshòu yánzhòng tóutòng de kùnrǎo.
  He was suffering from a bad headache.
• 遭受心脏病困扰的人数增加了。
  Zāoshòu xīnzàngbìng kùnrǎo de rénshù zēngjiā le.
  The number of people suffering from heart disease has increased.
• 许多欧洲的大都市饱受“甜甜圈现象”困扰。
  Xǔduō ōuzhōu de dàdūshì bǎoshòu "tiántiánquān xiànxiàng " kùnrǎo.
  Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the donut phenomenon.
• 你如果遭受老鼠困扰，可以使用超音波来吓跑它们。
  If you have problems with rats or mice, you can scare them away with ultrasound.
• 这个问题一直困扰着我们，直到昨晚我们找到了原因并修复了它。
  Zhège wèntí yīzhí kùnrǎo zhe wǒmen, zhídào zuówǎn wǒmen zhǎodào le yuányīn bìng xiūfù le tā.
  This problem was troubling us until last night when we found the cause and fixed it.

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