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Simplfied Chinese
报仇
Traditional Chinese
報仇
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
bào chóu
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
bou3 sau4
Short definition to avenge
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions to avengeCdict iconMDBG icon / to take revengeMDBG icon / to revenge oneselfAdso icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to revenge oneself
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to take revenge; to avenge
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: to revenge (oneself); to avenge; retaliate; retaliation
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: to revenge (oneself); to avenge'
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Sentence examples
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为了(wèi le) in order to
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge
他们(tā men) they
放火烧(fàng huǒ shāo) to burn
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
邻居(lín jū) neighbor
(dedì) of
(jiā) home

They set fire to their neighbor's house in revenge.

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
(shā) to kill
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
我的( de) my
父亲(fù qīn) father
今天(jīn tiān) today
我要(wǒyào)
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge

You killed my father. Today, I want revenge.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(xiǎng) to wish
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge

Tom wanted revenge.

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
(shā) to kill
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(wǒ) I
父亲(fù qīn) father
(wǒ) I
今天(jīn tiān) today
(yào) may
为他( wéi tā)
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge

You killed my father, and today I'll have my vengeance.

他杀(tā shā) homicide (law)
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(tā) another
以为(yǐ wéi) to think
(tā) another
父亲的( fù qīn de) father's
(sǐ) rigid
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge

He killed him to avenge his dead father.

(tā) another
为了(wèi le) in order to
(tì) for
(sǐ) rigid
去的(qùde)
父亲(fù qīn) father
报仇(bào chóu) to avenge
(ér) with
杀了(shā le) to kill
(tā) another

He killed him to avenge his dead father.

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