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藉口

excuse

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

jie4kou3 • jièkǒu

Meaning

Primary

excuse

Alternatives

pretext

Mnemonic

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

Usage

找 藉口

find an excuse

把 那 個 作為 藉口

use that as an excuse

我 找 了 個 藉口 走 了。

I made an excuse and left.