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粗暴

cū bào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

粗暴 (cū bào) means "rough; cruel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 粗暴 means

1. crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh

The characters in 粗暴

• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel

Example sentences

• 拳击并不总是一种粗暴的运动。
  Quánjī bìngbù zǒngshì yīzhǒng cūbào de yùndòng.
  Boxing is not always a rough sport.

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