暴力

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Chinese

sudden; violent; cruel
sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
 
 power; force; strength
simp. and trad.
(暴力) 		暴 力

Pronunciation

Noun

暴力

  1. violence; brutality; force
    校園暴力／校园暴力  ―  xiàoyuán bàolì  ―  campus violence
    警察暴力  ―  jǐngchá bàolì  ―  police brutality
    施加暴力  ―  shījiā bàolì  ―  to be violent
    訴諸暴力／诉诸暴力  ―  sùzhū bàolì  ―  to resort to violence

Synonyms

Adjective

暴力

  1. violent; brutal; forceful
    暴力革命  ―  bàolì gémìng  ―  violent revolution
    很黃很暴力／很黄很暴力  ―  hěn huáng hěn bàolì  ―  sexually explicit and violent
    被暴力脅迫賣淫的婦女 [MSC, trad.]
    被暴力胁迫卖淫的妇女 [MSC, simp.]
    bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ
    women who are violently coerced into prostitution

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴 力
ぼう
Grade: 5 		りょく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

暴(ぼう)力(りょく) • (bōryoku) 

  1. violence (especially criminal), force
    暴力(ぼうりょく)で言(い)うことを聞(き)かせる。
    Bōryoku de iu koto o kikaseru.
    They exact obedience through force.

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References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴力

Noun

暴力 • (pongnyeok) (hangeul 폭력)

  1. hanja form? of 폭력 (“violence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暴力

Noun

暴力

  1. chữ Hán form of bạo lực (“violence”).
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