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酷 kù

strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense

Strokes
14
Level
HSK 6
Radical
酉
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 酉告 ⿰酉告

Memory hint: wine

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  1. 沙漠的气候十分残酷。
    Shāmò de qìhòu shífēn cánkù.
    The desert climate is extremely harsh.
    desert (particle) climate extremely cruel
  2. 你觉得他对你太冷酷了吗？
    Nǐ juéde tā duì nǐ tài lěngkù le ma?
    Do you think he's too cold and heartless toward you?
    you feel he toward you too cold-cruel (particle) (question)
  3. 请不要用这么冷酷的语气跟他说话。
    Qǐng bú yào yòng zhème lěngkù de yǔqì gēn tā shuōhuà.
    Please don't speak to him in such a cold tone.
    please not want use so cold-cruel (particle) tone with him speak
  4. 他其实一点也不冷酷。
    Tā qíshí yìdiǎn yě bù lěngkù.
    He's actually not cold and heartless at all.
    he actually a-little also not cold-cruel
  5. 在那段艰苦的岁月里，人们承受了极为残酷的考验。
    Zài nà duàn jiānkǔ de suìyuè lǐ, rénmen chéngshòu le jíwéi cánkù de kǎoyàn.
    During that difficult period, people endured extremely cruel trials.
    at that (measure) hard (particle) years in, people endure (particle) extremely cruel (particle) test

Words with 酷 (2)