剽悍

piāohàn

adjective #45,199

Meanings

1 swift and fierce
2 bold and tough

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

草原上的骑手个个剽悍。

Cǎoyuán shàng de qíshǒu gègè piāohàn.

Every one of the horsemen on the grassland is swift and fierce.

HSK 7-9

这支部队以作战剽悍闻名。

Zhè zhī bùduì yǐ zuòzhàn piāohàn wénmíng.

This army unit is famous for fighting swiftly and fiercely.

Tips

mistakes

剽 is piāo, as in 剽窃 'to plagiarize'. 彪悍, with a different first character, means much the same and is now the usual word for a tough, intimidating person.

Stroke Order

剽 piāo

悍 hàn