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胁 xié

to threaten, to coerce; ribs, flank

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 5
Radical
⺼
Traditional
脅
Type
Ideograph
Made of 办 ⿰⺼办

Memory hint: To control 办 another's body ⺼

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  1. 污染对健康是一种威胁。
    Wūrǎn duì jiànkāng shì yì zhǒng wēixié.
    Pollution is a threat to health.
    pollution to health is one (measure) threat
  2. 这个病毒会威胁生命吗？
    Zhège bìngdú huì wēixié shēngmìng ma?
    Will this virus threaten lives?
    this (measure) virus will threaten life (question)
  3. 请不要用言语威胁别人。
    Qǐng bú yào yòng yányǔ wēixié biérén.
    Please don't threaten others with words.
    please not want use words threaten others
  4. 这件事没有威胁到我们的安全。
    Zhè jiàn shì méiyǒu wēixié dào wǒmen de ānquán.
    This matter didn't threaten our safety.
    this (measure) matter not-have threaten to we (particle) safety
  5. 那段时间，恶劣的天气威胁着渔民的生活。
    Nà duàn shíjiān, èliè de tiānqì wēixiézhe yúmín de shēnghuó.
    During that period, the harsh weather threatened the fishermen's livelihood.
    that segment time, harsh (particle) weather threaten (particle) fisherman (particle) life

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