借口 — Semantide dictionary

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to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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借

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to borrow, (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend, to make use of; to avail oneself of, (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with

Pinyin: jiè

Strokes: 10
Frequency: 1371 of 2500

Words starting with 借 Words ending in 借 Anywhere in a word

口

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mouth, classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc), classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Pinyin: kǒu

Strokes: 3
Frequency: 4127 of 2500

Words starting with 口 Words ending in 口 Anywhere in a word