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坏处

downside; harm

坏处
huàichu4th tone

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Pinyin
huàichu
Strokes
12
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 坏处

坏处 is written with 12 strokes (坏: 7, 处: 5). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

HSK 4. Opposite of 好处; 有好处也有坏处 "has pros and cons".

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坏处 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

一个写文章的人说,好奇心很好,但也有坏处。

A person who writes articles says curiosity is good, but it also has downsides.

Economist Bartleby Column: Andrew Palmer on the Hidden Costs of Workplace Curiosity

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