抱怨
to complain
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- Pinyin
- bàoyuàn
- Strokes
- 17
- In episodes
- 2
Stroke order for 抱怨
抱怨 is written with 17 strokes (抱: 8, 怨: 9). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
HSK 3. 抱怨 + object: 抱怨那件老事 (complain about that old matter).
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抱怨 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes 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.
在法国，抗议者抱怨的还是那件老事。
In France, protesters are still complaining about the same old thing.
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他从前最出名的，是抱怨自己不知道这辈子要干什么。
What he was once most famous for was complaining that he did not know what he was supposed to do with his life.
King Charles III at Four Years: Cancer, Family Scandal and a 58% Approval Rating — How He Stopped Complaining
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