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谴责

qiǎn zé

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

谴责 (qiǎn zé) means "to denounce; to condemn; to criticize". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 谴责 means

1. to denounce
2. to condemn
3. to criticize
4. condemnation
5. criticism

The characters in 谴责

• 谴qiǎnto censure; to reprimand
• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach

Example sentences

• 议员受到了议会道德委员会的谴责。
  Yìyuán shòudào le yìhuì dàodé wěiyuánhuì de qiǎnzé.
  The senator was censured by the congressional ethics committee.
• 谴责种族主义很重要，但光是谴责种族主义是不够的。
  It is important to condemn racism, but that alone is not enough.
• 911事件让世人震惊，全球所有的政治家都一致谴责恐怖分子的这一应受人斥责的行径。
  911 shìjiàn ràng shìrén zhènjīng, quánqiú suǒyǒu de zhèngzhìjiā dōu yīzhì qiǎnzé kǒngbùfènzǐ de zhè yīyīng shòu rén chìzé de xíngjìng.
  Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists for their reprehensible deed.
• 阿里穆罕默德盖迪总理周六在奈洛比对记者表示，他的政府强烈谴责所谓的「令人发指、犯罪且不人道的行为」。
  Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told reporters in Nairobi Saturday that his government strongly condemns what he called an "abhorrent, criminal and inhumane act."

Words starting with 谴责

• 谴责小说qiǎn zé xiǎo shuōnovel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅

Where 谴责 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiǎng–qiáo (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 qiǎn zé correctly.
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