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诱惑

yòu huò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 誘惑

诱惑 (yòu huò) means "to entice; to lure; to induce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 诱惑 means

1. to entice
2. to lure
3. to induce
4. to attract

The characters in 诱惑

• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled

Example sentences

• 蛇诱惑了夏娃。
  Shé yòuhuò le Xiàwá.
  The serpent tempted Eve.
• 我没想诱惑你。
  I didn't mean to tempt you.
• 她屈服于诱惑了。
  She gave in to the temptation.
• 大城市有很多诱惑。
  The big cities are full of allurements.
• 我抵抗不了甜食的诱惑。
  Wǒ dǐkàngbuliǎo tiánshí de yòuhuò.
  I can't resist sweets.
• 你不应该屈服在诱惑之下。
  Nǐ bù yīnggāi qūfú zài yòuhuò zhīxià.
  You must not yield to temptation.

Where 诱惑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yòu–yǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yòu huò correctly.
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