噩耗 (è hào): news of sb's death; grievous news

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: news of sb's death; grievous news
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

news of sb's death
grievous news

Chinese explanation

指人去世的消息，通常带有突然和令人悲痛的含义。多用于书面语，表达对亲友或重要人物死亡消息的沉重告知。例：听到这个噩耗，她当场哭了起来。

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HSK 7

to waste

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Example sentences

After receiving a call that his mother was critically ill, he rushed back to his hometown, but unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the bus, he heard the news of his father's death: his father had passed away the night before.

The company sent me on a business trip to another city. As soon as I got off the plane and turned on my phone, I received the news from a colleague that our department manager had been killed in a car accident.

After retiring, he lived alone in the countryside. One morning, a neighbor found him lying peacefully in bed, no longer breathing. The news of his death quickly spread through the whole village.

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