fěng

to satirize

to mock; to recite; Taiwan pr. [feng4]

speech (讠) + wind sound (风) = words that cut like satire

The speech radical (讠) carries the meaning: words used to mock or recite. 风 mainly contributes the sound fěng; wind has no semantic role here.

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他用一个故事来刺那些贪心的人。

tā yòng yī gè gù shi lái fěng cì nà xiē tān xīn de rén。

he used a story to satirize those greedy people.

这篇文章用幽默的方式刺了社会上的一些问题。

zhè piān wén zhāng yòng yōu mò de fāng shì fěng cì le shè huì shàng de yī xiē wèn tí。

this article used humor to mock certain problems in society.

Words with 讽

仿讽

fǎng fěng

parody

借古讽今

jiè gǔ fěng jīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

冷嘲热讽

lěng cháo rè fěng

frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule

反讽

fǎn fěng

irony

嘲讽

cháo fěng

to sneer at

讽刺

fěng cì

to satirize

讽喻

fěng yù

parable

讽谏

fěng jiàn

(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully

讽谕

fěng yù

variant of 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4]

讥讽

jī fěng

to satirize

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