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HSK
7-9

absurd

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

huang1dan4 huāngdàn

Meaning


Primary

absurd

Mnemonic


A woman about to give 诞 birth pleads for your help. You get her into a car and ask her where she wants to go. She replies she wants to go to the middle of the nearest 荒 wasteland. You scoff and say aloud: what an 荒诞 absurd idea!

Usage


那 是 一 个 荒诞 的 想法!

That is an absurd idea!

这 个 故事 很 荒诞。

This story is very absurd.

他 说 的 话 听 起来 很 荒诞。

What he said sounds very absurd.

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