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虐

nüè

HSK 6 Character

What 虐 means

1. bound formbrutal; oppressive; harsh
2. literarydisaster; catastrophe

Example sentences

• 她虐待我。
  She mistreats me.
• 不要虐待动物。
  Bù yào nüèdài dòngwù.
  Don't be cruel to animals.
• 他受到严重的虐待。
  Tā shòudào yánzhòng de nüèdài.
  He was treated with great cruelty.
• 据说汤姆虐待妻子。
  Jùshuō Tāngmǔ nüèdài qīzi.
  Tom is said to mistreat his wife.
• 保护动物不受虐待。
  Protect animals from cruelty.
• 坏孩子们喜欢虐待动物。
  Bad children love to torment animals.

Words starting with 虐

• 虐待nüè dàito mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse
• 虐杀nüè shāto kill (or assault) sadistically
• 虐心nüè xīnheartbreaking; tear-jerking
• 虐待狂nüè dài kuángsadism; sadist
• 虐恋nüè liànpainful love affair; sadomasochism

Words containing 虐

• 肆虐sì nüèto wreak havoc; to devastate
• 暴虐bào nüèbrutal; tyrannical
• 助纣为虐zhù Zhòu wéi nüèlit. helping tyrant Zhou 商纣王; fig. to take the side of the evildoer…
• 受虐shòu nüèto suffer sexual abuse; masochism
• 完虐wán nüèto trounce; to convincingly defeat; to significantly outperform
• 施虐shī nüèto torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)
• 残虐cán nüècruel; to treat cruelly
• 性虐待xìng nüè dàisexual abuse
• 施虐者shī nüè zhěabuser; (in sadomasochism) dominant partner
• 受虐狂shòu nüè kuángmasochism; masochist
• 施虐狂shī nüè kuángsadism (psychiatry)
• 施虐受虐shī nüè shòu nüèsado-masochism
• 暴虐无道bào nüè wú dào(idiom) tyrannical; oppressive; lawless
• 凌虐líng nüèto maltreat; to tyrannize
• 施虐癖shī nüè pǐsadism (fetish)
• 谑而不虐xuè ér bù nüèto tease; to mock sb without offending; to banter

Characters that look like 虐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 虔qiánto act with reverence; reverent
• 虏lǔprisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 扂diàndoor latch

Sounds the same

Read nüè, tone for tone, but written differently.

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