粵

暴bou6力lik6

bou6 lik6bào lì

English

  1. violence
  2. (of a scene or a movie) violent; gory;
  3. violence
  4. force
  5. violent

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (形容畫面、電影)血腥;打打殺殺嘅
  2. 濫用嘅武力

Examples

  • 暴力事件

    incidence of violence

  • 家庭暴力

    domestic violence

  • 呢齣戲好暴力,唔啱細路仔睇。

    This movie is all blood and gore. It is not suitable for kids.

  • 暴力是社会的癌症。

    Violence is the cancer of our society.

    Tatoeba · wangzi0921 CC BY

  • 汤姆不想让暴力发生。

    Tom didn't want any violence.

    Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

  • 她现在很暴力。最好避着点。

    She's violent right now. It'd be better to avoid her.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 暴力電影和電腦遊戲助長了年輕人的殘暴行為。

    Cruelty in young people is fostered by violent movies and PC games.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 革命就是一场暴动,一场由一个阶级推翻另一个阶级的暴力行动。

    A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

    Tatoeba · maina CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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