酷似 kùsì to strikingly resemble
How to remember 酷似: 酷 strong + 似 resembling = to strikingly resemble.
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How it is used
- 'To strikingly resemble, be the spitting image of' - 他酷似他父亲 (tā kùsì tā fùqīn) he looks exactly like his father.
- A strong degree of resemblance (酷 here = extremely); more emphatic than 很像 (hěn xiàng, quite alike).
- Written/descriptive register, often about faces, voices, or shapes.