Chinese

暴力

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
violence; brutality; force
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese暴 “sudden (especially when unexpected; almost always of bad things or with a bad connotation)”
    • ideaChinese虎 “tiger (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)”
    • ideaChinese日 “Sun”
    • ideaChinese戈 “dagger-axe (an ancient Chinese weapon similar to a halberd)”
    • ideaChinese共 “common”
      • ideaChinese廾 “both hands”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese力 “physical strength; physical power; energy”

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