討(討)tǎo? ? (討伐) send army or despatch troops to suppress or assault: 征 ~ send a punitive expedition against; ~ 賊 fight enemy; ~ 平叛亂 put down a rebellion ? (索??; 請求) ask for; beg for; demand: ~ 帳 demand the payment of a debt; dun; ~ 賞錢 ask for tips; ~ 個人情兒 beg for a special consideration ? (譴責(zé)) denounce; condemn; censure: 聲 ~ denounce; condemn ? (娶) marry: ~ 媳婦 get a wife; get married ? (招惹) provoke; incur; court; invite: ~ 了個沒趣兒 court a rebuff; ask for a snub; ~ 人歡心 ingratiate oneself with sb.; ingratiate oneself into sb.'s favour; 自 ~ 苦吃 walk into trouble; bring trouble upon oneself ? (討論) discuss: 研 ~ deliberate; discuss; 探 ~ inquire into; probe into; 商 ~ discuss ◆討好獻(xiàn)媚 ingratiate oneself with; fawn on and curry favour with; toady to; 討還 get sth. back; 討還血債 make one pay for his countless bloody crimes; make one pay his blood debt; 討價 ask a price; name a price; 討價還價 bargain with sb. for a supply of sth.; chaffer with a tradesman about prices; dicker with sb. about sth.; dispute about the terms of a bargain; drive a hard bargain; haggle with sb. over the price of sth.; higgling; huckster over; 討價還價、愿者成交 Voluntary deals are struck through bargaining.; 討教 ask for advice; 討論 discuss; talk over; 討論會 symposium; discussion; seminar; 討便宜 seek undue advantage; (try to) gain sth. [advantage] at the expense of others; look for a bargain; 討平 send armed forces to put down a rebellion; 討乞 beg alms; beg; 討巧 act artfully to get what one wants; get the best for oneself at the least expense; choose the easy way out; 討情 [方] plead for sb.; beg sb. off; 討求寬恕 entreat one to forgive; 討?zhàn)?beg for mercy; ask for forgiveness; pardon; 討?zhàn)埰蛩?crave mercy [pardon]; beg for forgiveness and implore for pardon; 討人喜歡 try to keep sb. in good humour; likable; cute; 討生活 seek living; drift along aimlessly; 討嫌 disagreeable; annoying; 討厭 disagreeable; disgusting; have no use [time] for; repugnant; nuisance; be tired of; be sick of; be disgusted at [by]; How boring!; have an aversion to sb.; be antipathetic to; be repugnant to; be disgusted with; take an aversion to; be browned-off with; hold sth. in abomination; be fed up with; hard to handle; troublesome; nasty; dislike; loathe; be disgusted with; 討齋化緣 beg alms; ask for financial aids; 討債 demand repayment of a loan; ask for payment of a debt; dun; 討債鬼 a person who keeps asking his family for money to spend; nuisance; 討賬 ask for payment; demand the payment of a debt; dun |