冒犯
mào fàn
Pinyin

Definition

冒犯
 - 
mào fàn
  1. to offend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冒
mào
  1. 1 old variant of 冒[mào]
感冒
gǎn mào
  1. 1 to catch cold
  2. 2 (common) cold
  3. 3 classifier: 场 cháng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
  5. 5 (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  6. 6 (Tw) to detest
  7. 7 can't stand
犯
fàn
  1. 1 to violate
  2. 2 to offend
  3. 3 to assault
  4. 4 criminal
  5. 5 crime
  6. 6 to make a mistake
  7. 7 recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
侵犯
qīn fàn
  1. 1 to infringe on
  2. 2 to encroach on
  3. 3 to violate
  4. 4 to assault
假冒
jiǎ mào
  1. 1 to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose as (someone else)
  3. 3 to counterfeit
  4. 4 to palm off (a fake as a genuine)

Idioms (8)

倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
  1. 1 deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
  2. 2 Mind your own business.

Sample Sentences

哈哈，幽默真算得上是一门艺术，懂得欣赏幽默可以让你的生活充满欢笑，不恰当的玩笑也会让朋友反目成仇。看来讲笑话时一定要讲究场合和时间，不然很容易让人以为你在故意讽刺或者冒犯他。
hāhā ，yōumò zhēn suàndeshàng shì yī mén yìshù ，dǒngde xīnshǎng yōumò kěyǐ ràng nǐ de shēnghuó chōngmǎn huānxiào ，bùqiàdàng de wánxiào yě huì ràng péngyou fǎnmùchéngchóu 。kànlai jiǎngxiàohuà shí yīdìng yào jiǎngjiù chǎnghé hé shíjiān ，bùrán hěn róngyì ràng rén yǐwéi nǐ zài gùyì fěngcì huòzhě màofàn tā 。
Ha ha, humor really deserves to be called an art. Knowing how to appreciate humor can fill your life with happiness and laughter. Making inappropriate jokes can make your friends have a falling out with you. Looks like you really need to pick the right time and occasion for telling jokes. Otherwise, it's easy for others to think that you're intentionally making fun of them, or even offending them.
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