夭

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What 夭 means

(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant; (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]) (variant of 夭)

Pictographic: A person with head tilted - leaning forward, running, energetic

Made of 丿 + 大

Words with 夭

• 夭折yāo zhéto die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
• 逃之夭夭táo zhī yāo yāoto escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels
• 夭亡yāo wángto die young
• 早夭zǎo yāoto die young
• 夭殇yāo shāngto die young
• 夭寿yāo shòuto die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell; (literary) short life and long life
• 靠夭kào yāovariant of 靠腰

夭 in a sentence

• 他看到了警察，就逃之夭夭了。

  tā kàn dào le jǐng chá ， jiù táo zhī yāo yāo le 。

  As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran for it.

• 他一嗅到风声不对，就逃之夭夭了。

  tā yí xiù dào fēng shēng bú duì ， jiù táo zhī yāo yāo le 。

  Sensing danger, he ran away.

Characters that sound like 夭

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