刻薄

tā wéi rén kè bó rén yuán hěn chā

他为人刻薄，人缘很差。

He's mean and extremely unpopular.

zhè rén zuǐ tài kè bó le

这人嘴太刻薄了。

This person has a barbed tongue.

kè bó de pī píng

刻薄的批评

mordant criticism

kè bó de běn xìng

刻薄的本性

tart disposition

kè bó de huà

刻薄的话

sharp remarks

tā nà jiān suān kè bó de huà xiǎn rán hěn shāng rén

她那尖酸刻薄的话显然很伤人。

Her wounding remarks clearly cut people to the quick.

tā yǒu shí shì hěn kè bó de

他有时是很刻薄的。

He can be very hurtful sometimes.

tā zuì jìn lái xìn de kǒu qì biàn de kè bó qǐ lái

她最近来信的口气变得刻薄起来。

The tone of her letters has sharpened recently.

duì nǐ de xiǎo mèi mei bù yào rú cǐ kè bó

对你的小妹妹不要如此刻薄。

Don't be so mean to your little sister.

zhè jiàn shì zuò de tài kè bó le

这件事做得太刻薄了。

This affair has been settled too harshly.

tā zhàng fū duì tā hěn kè bó

她丈夫对她很刻薄。

Her husband is very unkind to her.

tā shuō le xǔ duō yǒu guān tóng shì de kè bó huà

她说了许多有关同事的刻薄话。

She had many harsh words to say about her colleagues.

tā shòu dào le kè bó de cháo nòng

他受到了刻薄的嘲弄。

He was the butt of some very unkind jokes.