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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

争吵

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhēngchǎo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quarrel/ˈkwɒr.əl/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他们因为小事争吵。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An angry argument or disagreement.

    "The siblings had a quarrel over who would get to use the computer first."
As verb
  1. 1

    To have an angry argument or disagreement.

    "They often quarrel about trivial matters."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'querelle', which originated from the Latin 'querella', meaning a complaint or lament, coming from 'queri', meaning to complain. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a legal complaint or grievance to a verbal dispute or heated argument between people.

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