I have no excuse.
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借口
jiè kǒu
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5
Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
jiè kǒu · ze3 hau2 (Jyutping)
- to use as an excuse
- excuse; pretext
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
There's no use making excuses.
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