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HSK
7-9

to ridicule

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chao2 cháo

Meaning


Primary

to ridicule

Alternatives

ridicule, ridicules, ridiculed, ridiculing

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is in the [2] middle of the [-ao] barn. He stands on a small stage with a big sculpture of a crescent 月 moon on it. However, there is mist all throughout the room, and nobody can see him perform the play. Because of the mist, we can't see the people, only their detached 口 mouths floating in misty space. The floating 口 mouths 嘲 ridicule him: "you suck Charlie Brown!", "all this mist is all your fault", "what is the stupid 月 moon for anyway?"

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