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挖苦
wā​ku HSK7

to speak sarcastically

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
挖苦 wā//ku
to speak sarcastically
to speak sarcastically or make cutting remarks; to ridicule someone with irony

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.28 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.18 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 讽刺 fěng​cì

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
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