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藉口

jiè kǒu

2-character word

What 藉口 means

1. to use as an excuse
2. on the pretext
3. excuse
4. pretext
5. also written {借口|jiè kǒu}

The characters in 藉口

• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Sounds the same

Read jiè kǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 借口to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext

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