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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sì | si4
English translation
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
unrestrained
wanton
(literary) shop
to indulge; excess; four (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

Having long  cháng hair 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

镸聿

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dài zhāo 肆无忌惮 sìwújìdàn de 好奇 hàoqí qiáo zhāo .

He looked at her with unashamed curiosity.

fàng ! 马上 mǎshàng de shǒu 挪开 nuó kāi .

How dare you? Take your hand off me at once.

天天 tiān tiān 过去 guòqu ,哈里 Hā lǐ dài de 评论 pínglùn 越来越 yuè lái yuè 肆无忌惮 sìwújìdàn ,越来越讨 rén xián ,越来越 yuè lái yuè Yīn sǔn le .

Halliday's comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging.

dào le chī 晚饭 wǎn fàn de 时候 shíhou ,华格这件 shì 大肆 dàsì 宣染,描摹 miáo mó 活灵活现 huó líng huó xiàn .

Wagg told the story at dinner very smartly, with wonderful accuracy of observation.

gǎn zài 面前 miàn qián 这么 zhè me 放肆 fàng sì de kāi 玩笑 wán xiào .

You presume to jest with me in this free manner.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
大肆 dàsì wantonly大肆 dàsì
肆意 sì yì wantonly肆意 sì yì
放肆 fàng sì wanton放肆 fàng sì
肆虐 sì nu:è to wreak havoc肆虐 sì nu:è
肆无忌惮 sìwújìdàn unbridled肆無忌憚
wanton
酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop酒肆 jiǔ sì
肆意妄为 sì yì wàng wéi to behave unscrupulously肆意妄為
恣肆 zì sì unrestrained恣肆 zì sì
肆行 sì xíng to act recklessly肆行 sì xíng

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