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吵架

chǎo jià · chao jia

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to quarrel
  2. to have a row
  3. quarrel
  4. CL:頓 / 顿 (dùn)

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2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)总(zǒng)是(shì)为(wèi)了(le)小(xiǎo)事(shì)吵(chǎo)架(jià)。

They always fight over little things.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)总(zǒng)和(hé)她(tā)父(fù)母(mǔ)吵(chǎo)架(jià)。

She was always quarreling with her parents.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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吵
chǎo

to quarrel; to make a noise

架
jià

to support; frame

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