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勾当 (gòu dàng): Dirty deal (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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勾当 consists of 2 characters.

to hook, to cancel, to tick

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

to regard as; suitable; to pawn

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Pinyingòu dàng

Meaningdirty deal, shady business

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Word勾当

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Example Sentences with 勾当

Tā他

men们

gàn干

de的

gòu勾

dàng当

bèi被

jǐng警

chá察

fā发

xiàn现

le了

。

Their shady business was discovered by the police.

Zhè这

zhǒng种

gòu勾

dàng当

jué绝

duì对

bù不

néng能

zuò做

。

This kind of dirty deal must never be done.

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 勾当.

Words with 勾

勾结gōu jiéHSK 6
勾勒gōu lèHSK 7-9
勾引gōu yǐn
勾搭gōu da
勾画gōu huà
一笔勾销yī bǐ gōu xiāo

Words with 当

当然dāng ránHSK 3
当时dāng shíHSK 4
上当shàng dàngHSK 5
应当yīng dāngHSK 5
当中dāng zhōngHSK 5
当作dàng zuòHSK 5
当地dāng dìHSK 5
当年dāng niánHSK 5