骚扰

sāorǎo · HSK 7

harass

骚 sāo (disturb) + 扰 rǎo (disturb) = two disturb-words stacked into to harass

Both characters already mean to bother or disturb, so pairing them doubles the force into persistent harassment. The sound sāorǎo can also hook to a sour row, a nagging quarrel that will not stop.

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