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| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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| yan3 | jan3 | quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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tiu1, tiu5, tou1 yan3 | tiu1, tiu5, tou1 jan3 | to provoke / provocation |
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The military exercise was condemned as an act of aggression.
John picked a fight with Jack and came off worst.
It is however essential that I play out the string and not be provocative.
He left a note at the scene of the crime, challenging detectives to catch him.
Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart.
The soldiers fired into the air when the demonstrators behaved provocatively.
He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.
Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
