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粗鲁

cū lǔ · cu lu

Traditional 粗魯

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. coarse
  2. crude (in one's manner)
  3. boorish
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A rude push

  1. Dengdeng

    刚才(gāngcái)有(yǒu)个(gè)人(rén)推(tuī)了(le)我(wǒ)一下(yīxià)，一句话(yījùhuà)也(yě)没(méi)说(shuō)，太(tài)粗鲁(cūlǔ)了(le)！

    Just now a person pushed me and did not say a word. So rude!

  2. Liangliang

    他(tā)的确(díquè)有点(yǒudiǎn)粗鲁(cūlǔ)。你(nǐ)没事(méishì)吧(ba)？

    He was a bit rude indeed. Are you OK?

  3. Dengdeng

    没事(méishì)。可是(kěshì)他(tā)走(zǒu)得(de)那么(nàme)快(kuài)，到底(dàodǐ)去(qù)哪儿(nǎr)了(le)？

    I'm fine. But he walked so fast. Where on earth did he go?

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，他(tā)回来(huílai)了(le)！

    Look, he came back!

  5. Dengdeng

    他(tā)说(shuō)对不起(duìbuqǐ)，因为(yīnwèi)他(tā)赶着(gǎnzhe)去(qù)接(jiē)孩子(háizi)。

    He said sorry, because he was rushing to pick up his child.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，他(tā)还(hái)给(gěi)你(nǐ)带(dài)了(le)一瓶(yīpíng)水(shuǐ)。

    Look, he also brought you a bottle of water.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)为(wèi)你(nǐ)的(de)粗(cū)鲁(lǔ)向(xiàng)她(tā)道(dào)歉(qiàn)。

You should apologize to her for being rude.

Tatoeba: Chinese by peipei · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)原(yuán)谅(liàng)了(le)男(nán)孩(hái)的(de)粗(cū)鲁(lǔ)。

She forgave the boy for his rudeness.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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