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滥用

làn yòng

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

滥用 (làn yòng) means "to misuse; to abuse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 滥用 means

1. to misuse
2. to abuse

The characters in 滥用

• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…

Example sentences

• 国王滥用权力。
  Guówáng lànyòngquánlì.
  The king abused his power.
• 我们只能滥用善良的。
  Wǒmen zhǐnéng lànyòng shànliáng de.
  We can only abuse of things that are good.
• 他因滥用公共基金而被捕。
  Tā yīn lànyòng gōnggòng jījīn ér bèibǔ.
  He was arrested for abusing public funds.
• 喀提林，你还会滥用我们的耐心多久呀？
  How long, O Catiline, will you abuse our patience?
• 这套电视剧里的惊察似乎是个滥用职权的坏蛋。
  Zhè tào diànshìjù lǐ de jīng chá sìhū shì gè lànyòngzhíquán de huàidàn.
  It seems that the policeman in this TV series is a dirty cop who abuses his authority.
• 反垄断法律的目的是停止滥用市场影响力的大公司.
  Fǎnlǒngduànfǎ lǜ de mùdì shì tíngzhǐ lànyòng shìchǎng yǐngxiǎnglì de dàgōngsī.
  The purpose of antitrust law is to stop the abusive influence of the market by big companies.

Words starting with 滥用

• 滥用权力làn yòng quán lìabuse of power
• 滥用职权làn yòng zhí quánabuse of power

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