借 口

jièkǒu

verbnounHSK 7-9

“To use as an excuse” in Chinese is 借口 (jièkǒu).

Meaning

to use as an excuse
excuse; pretext

Example

我没有借口。

I have no excuse.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jièHSK 210 strokesto borrow kǒuHSK 13 strokesmouth

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