报仇 bàochóu

HSK level

Traditional form

報仇

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

报 bào

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 報 bào . Pictograph of a kneeling person (卩 jié ) being forced by a hand (又 yòu ) into shackles (㚔). Based on the original meaning "punish". The meaning later shifted to "revenge", "recompense", "report", and "announce".

Positional decomposition

⿰扌 shǒu ⿸卩又

Number of Strokes

仇 Qiú

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 九 jiǔ represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

九 jiǔ

Semantic compound

亻 rén

Positional decomposition

⿰亻九

Number of Strokes

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杰克 Jié kè 受 shòu 了 le 很 hěn 深 shēn 的 de 伤害 shānghài , 他 tā 等待 děngdài 着 zhāo 报仇 bàochóu 的 de 时机 shíjī .

Jack was hurt deeply, and he bided his time for revenge.

老头子 lǎo tóu zi 点点头说 shuì : “ 报仇 bàochóu 好比 hǎo bǐ 一 yī 盘 pán 放 fàng 冷 Lěng 了 le 之后 zhī hòu 味道 wèidao 才 cái 最 zuì 香 xiāng 的 de 菜 cài .

Don Corleone nodded. " Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is cold, " he said.

金旺自从 zìcóng 碰 pèng 了 le 小芹的 de 钉子 dīng zi 以后 yǐ hòu ,每 měi 分 fēn 怀恨 huái hèn , 总想设法 shè fǎ 报一报仇 bàochóu .

Ever since Qin rebuffed him, Wang longed for revenge.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 报仇 bàochóu and their own compounds.

报 bào

又 yòu , 卩 jié , 扌 shǒu

仇 Qiú

亻 rén

人 rén

九 jiǔ

See all Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 报仇 bàochóu in their composition.

报 bào

仇 Qiú

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