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奢
shē
1. extravagant
Common • Top 20% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

奢
shē
exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

伍奢
Wǔshē
Wu She (-522 BC), powerful minister of Chu and father of Wu Zixu [[伍子胥]]
奢侈
shēchǐ
luxurious
HSK 6
奢望
shēwàng
an extravagant hope
奢求
shēqiú
to make extravagant demands
奢泰
shētài
extravagant
奢盼
shēpàn
an extravagant hope
奢糜
shēmí
variant of [[奢靡<shēmí>]]
奢华
shēhuá
luxurious
奢靡
shēmí
extravagant
奢香
ShēXiāng
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times
奢丽
shēlì
sumptuous
豪奢
háoshē
extravagant
奢侈品
shēchǐpǐn
luxury good
奢入俭难
shērùjiǎnnán
it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom)
奢易俭难
shēyìjiǎnnán
easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
戒奢崇俭
jièshēchóngjiǎn
to refrain from high standard of living (idiom)
穷奢极侈
qióngshējíchǐ
extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
穷奢极欲
qióngshējíyù
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
骄奢淫佚
jiāoshēyínyì
variant of [[驕奢淫逸|骄奢淫逸<jiāoshēyínyì>]]
骄奢淫逸
jiāoshēyínyì
extravagant and dissipated

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,707
Word Frequency Rank
16,640 of 84,292

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