He vowed to give up smoking.
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发誓
Traditional: 發誓
fā shì
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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fā shì · faat3 sai6 (Jyutping)
- to vow
- to pledge
- to swear
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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
I swear I didn't do anything.
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