抗议
kàngyì
to protest; protest
Part of speech · verb / noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 群众纷纷上街抗议。Crowds took to the streets one after another to protest.
- 他对这个决定提出了强烈抗议。He lodged a strong protest against this decision.
Collocations
强烈抗议提出抗议抗议活动表示抗议
Mnemonic
抗 kàng "to resist" + 议 yì "to argue": to resist and voice one’s view, i.e. to protest. 抗 has the hand radical 扌; 议 has the speech radical 讠. ① a verb ② a noun "protest". 强烈抗议 = to protest strongly.
Related
反对抗拒示威赞同
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