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to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他小时候挨过饿。

He went hungry as a child.

谁愿意挨批评呢?

Who wants to be criticized?