弊端 bìduān malpractice

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 弊端 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中弊端means malpractice, or a harmful flaw in how things are done. You'd say it when a manager reviews a new process and points out where it goes wrong. Want to try it out loud?

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Stroke order

弊端 is written in 28 strokes across 2 characters.

弊端 — the Chinese character for malpractice (bìduān), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 弊端 — malpractice

弊 — 14 strokes
端 — 14 strokes

Characters in 弊端

弊 bì — detriment; fraud; harm
端 duān — (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Society Practise

弊端 is pronounced bìduān and means “malpractice”.