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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
刻薄 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
刻薄 ＝ 刻 ＋ 薄
ㄎㄜˋ ㄅㄛˊ · kèbó
adjective — harsh and unkind; mean, cutting (in word or treatment)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

刻harsh, severe (苛刻)kè
薄thin, meager (薄情)bó
刻薄，苛刻的刻，薄情的薄。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

話像刀（刻），情義卻薄（薄）。
Words like a blade (刻), and kindness worn thin (薄).
記憶法
關 · Related
苛刻kēkèdemanding, exacting — the same severe 刻薄情bóqíngcold-hearted — the same thin 薄