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    Expressing 'bad person' with 坏人 (huàirén)

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    Explanation

    The noun 坏人 (huàirén) means 'bad person' or 'villain.' It is a straightforward compound of 坏 (bad) and 人 (person), commonly used in everyday speech and storytelling. It often appears as the object of verbs or in descriptions of antagonists.

    Examples

    • 故事里的坏人最后都受到了惩罚。

      Gùshì lǐ de huàirén zuìhòu dōu shòudào le chéngfá.

      The villains in the story were all punished in the end.

    • 别担心，坏人已经被警察抓住了。

      Bié dānxīn, huàirén yǐjīng bèi jǐngchá zhuāzhù le.

      Don't worry; the bad guys have already been caught by the police.

    • 小朋友要学会分辨好人和坏人。

      Xiǎopéngyǒu yào xuéhuì fēnbiàn hǎorén hé huàirén.

      Children should learn to tell good people from bad people.

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