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狠 hěn

vicious, fierce, cruel

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
犭
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 犭艮 ⿰犭艮

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  1. 他下狠心戒掉了烟。
    Tā xià hěnxīn jiè diàole yān.
    He resolutely quit smoking.
    he made resolute-mind quit-off (particle) cigarette
  2. 你怎么能这么狠心？
    Nǐ zěnme néng zhème hěnxīn?
    How can you be so heartless?
    you how can so heartless
  3. 别对孩子太狠了，他还小。
    Bié duì háizi tài hěn le, tā hái xiǎo.
    Don't be too harsh on the child, he's still young.
    don't toward child too harsh (particle), he still young
  4. 他其实心地善良，一点都不狠心。
    Tā qíshí xīndì shànliáng, yìdiǎn dōu bù hěnxīn.
    He's actually kind-hearted, not heartless at all.
    he actually heart-nature kind, a-bit at-all not heartless
  5. 那件事发生以后，他狠下心离开了那个城市。
    Nà jiàn shì fāshēng yǐhòu, tā hěn xià xīn líkāile nàge chéngshì.
    After that incident happened, he resolutely left that city.
    that(measure) matter happen after, he resolutely made-decision left (particle) that(measure) city

Words with 狠 (1)