粗暴 (cū bào) — rough, crude, brutal

Definition

粗暴 describes rough, aggressive behavior or treatment — focused on manner, not texture (use 粗糙 for surfaces) and crueler/more violent than 粗鲁 ('rude, boorish'). Often pairs with 对待, 拒绝, 干涉.

adjective
roughcrudebrutal

Examples

  • 粗暴
    Tā shuō huà de fāng shì hěn cū bào, ràng rén hěn bù shū fu.
    He speaks roughly, making people very uncomfortable.
  • 粗暴
    Zhè zhǒng cū bào de duì dài fāng shì shì bú duì de.
    This kind of rough treatment is wrong.
  • 粗暴
    Tā cū bào dì jù jué le wǒ men de hǎo yì.
    He rudely rejected our good intentions.

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