借口 - Excuse - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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excuse

借

borrow

口

mouth

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excuse

pretext

An 借口 excuse is a reason we 借 borrow and say with our 口 mouth to explain a result or action.

找借口

find an excuse

把那个作为借口

use that as an excuse

我找了个借口走了。

I made an excuse and left.