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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
to resist
to repel
to refuse
to defend, to ward off; to refuse

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌巨

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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最后 zuìhòu , 最高 zuì gāo 法院 fǎyuàn 断然 duàn rán 拒绝 jùjué le "阿纳 " àn 超过 chāoguò 票数 piào shù de " tián " de 理论 lǐlùn .

Ultimately, the Court squarely rejected the Arnett plurality's " bitter with the sweet " theory.

这个 zhè ge 价格 jiàgé shì kāi de 最低价, 拒绝 jùjué zài zuò 任何 rènhé 降价 jiàng jià .

This price is his minimum; he refuses to lower it any further.

他们 tā men 拒绝 jùjué shōu 损坏 sǔnhuài de 货物 huò wù .

They rejected the damaged goods.

拒绝 jùjué 心爱 xīn aì de māo 分开 fēn kāi .

She refused to be parted from her beloved cat.

网球 wǎngqiú 运动 yùndòng yuán 拒绝接受巡边员 de pàn dìng , 所以 suǒyǐ 裁判员 cái pàn yuán pàn 他们 tā men 重新 chóngxīn 比赛 bǐsài zhè 一分.

The tennis players refused to accept the linesman's decision, so the judge ordered them to play that point over.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拒绝 jùjué to refuse拒絕
to resist
抗拒 kàng jù to resist抗拒 kàng jù
拒之门外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb拒之門外
拒捕 jù bǔ to resist arrest拒捕 jù bǔ
婉拒 wǎn jù to tactfully decline婉拒 wǎn jù
来者不拒 lái zhě bù jù to refuse nobody (idiom)來者不拒
不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù act of God不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù
拒付 jù fù to refuse to pay拒付 jù fù
拒收 jù shōu to reject拒收 jù shōu
拒斥 jù chì to reject拒斥 jù chì
抵拒 dǐ jù to resist抵拒 dǐ jù
深闭固拒 shēn bì gù jù stubborn and perverse深閉固拒

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