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扣

kòu / kòu
HSK 6

English Meaning

(kòu) to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code | (kòu) button

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没别的问的我回去了啊 我出来这还扣钱呢
HSK 6 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“If you don't have anything else to ask, wrap it up—I'm losing wages just being here.”

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大名叫啥我忘了 反正村里头的人都喊他谢傻子

“I forgot his real name. Everyone in the village just calls him Xie the Idiot.”

“If there's nothing else, I'm leaving. They'll dock my pay for being out.”

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谢文乐 石铺村村民 二十四岁 父母都相继去世

“Xie Wenle, resident of Shipu Village, 24 years old. Both of his parents are deceased.”

《风过留痕》 · legal_and_police
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您今天就算是扣我工资 我也得说
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“You need to hear this, even if it makes you angry.”

1. PREVIOUS

杜总

“Mr. Du,”

“even if you dock my pay today, I still have to say this.”

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这一定是咱们的 竞争对手 派来故意捣乱的 对啊

“They must've been sent by our competitor to cause trouble on purpose. That's right.”

《你好1983》 · workplace
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你还想把人强扣住不成?
HSK 6 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Back off, you have no right to physically hold anyone against their will.”

1. PREVIOUS

在西京城

“but in the Western Capital, you can't just detain people.”

“but in the Western Capital, you can't just detain people.”

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- 桃芝 - 桃芝 你怎么打人啊? 别不识好歹

“- Taozhi! - Taozhi! How could you hit her? Stop causing trouble.”

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