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藉口
jiè​kǒu

excuse

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
藉口 jiè​kǒu
excuse
a reason or explanation put forward to conceal a true purpose or to justify a fault; a pretext
use as excuse
to use a specific reason or situation as a pretext for an action

Frequency

Written text
0.697 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 借口 jiè​kǒu

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)