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报仇

bào chóu

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

报仇 (bào chóu) means "to take revenge; to avenge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 报仇 means

1. to take revenge
2. to avenge

The characters in 报仇

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 仇chóuhatred; animosity; enmity

Example sentences

• 汤姆想报仇。
  Tom wanted revenge.
• 他为他父亲的死报仇。
  Tā wèi tā fùqīn de sǐ bàochóu.
  He avenged his father's death.
• 他杀了他，以为他父亲的死报仇。
  Tāshā le tā, yǐwéi tā fùqīn de sǐ bàochóu.
  He killed him to avenge his dead father.
• 你杀了我的父亲，今天我要报仇。
  You killed my father. Today, I want revenge.
• 你杀了我父亲，我今天要为他报仇。
  Nǐ shā le wǒ fùqīn, wǒ jīntiān yào wèi tā bàochóu.
  You killed my father, and today I'll have my vengeance.
• 他为了替死去的父亲报仇而杀了他。
  Tā wèile tì sǐqù de fùqīn bàochóu ér shā le tā.
  He killed him to avenge his dead father.

Words starting with 报仇

• 报仇雪恨bào chóu xuě hènto take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
• 报仇雪耻bào chóu xuě chǐto take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

Words containing 报仇

• 君子报仇，十年不晚jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎnlit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)…

Where 报仇 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bào chóu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.