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胡闹

hú nào

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

胡闹 (hú nào) means "to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 胡闹 means

1. to act willfully and make a scene
2. to make trouble

The characters in 胡闹

• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise

Example sentences

• 我们胡闹太久了, 现在该是我们考虑基本事实的时候了。
  Wǒmen húnào tài jiǔ le, xiànzài gāi shì wǒmen kǎolǜ jīběn shìshí de shíhou le.
  We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.

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