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はなでわらう

鼻で笑う

hanadewarau

rare

English

to laugh scornfully, to sneer

नेपाली

नाक खुम्च्याएर हाँस्नु, हेप्नु

Examples

  1. 彼かれは私わたしの夢ゆめを鼻はなで笑わらいました。

    He sneered at my dream.

  2. 私わたしの提案ていあんは、課長かちょうに鼻はなで笑わらわれてしまいました。

    My proposal was sneered at by the section manager.

  3. 部下ぶかの意見いけんを鼻はなで笑わらうようでは、信頼しんらいされる上司じょうしになれません。

    A boss who sneers at their staff's opinions will never earn their trust.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

鼻 14 strokes
笑 10 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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