Word: 嘲諷 - To sneer at/to taunt
Pronounced: ㄔㄠˊㄈㄥˋ || Cháofèng
Building Blocks;
Today's words is built from two words that are similar in meaning:
Word 1: 嘲 (P: ㄔㄠˊ || Cháo) - To ridicule, to sneer, to mock, to deride.
Pretty powerful word but made out of two characters: mouth 口 and dynasty 朝. I love the logic of this word. A mouth 口 ridicules/mocks the dynasty 朝.
Word 2: 諷 (P: ㄈㄥˋ || Fèng) - to satirize, to mock, to ridicule
This word is also made out of two characters: speech 言 and wind 風. More logic here which implies speech 言 with the wind 風 is to ridicule and mock someone.
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