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tǎo
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to invite
  2. 2. to provoke
  3. 3. to demand or ask for
  4. 4. to send armed forces to suppress
  5. 5. to denounce or condemn
  6. 6. to marry (a woman)
  7. 7. to discuss or study

Example Sentences

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厌呀!
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 344754)

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Words Containing 讨

东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

讨生活
tǎo shēng huó

to eke out a living

申讨
shēn tǎo

to denounce

讨吃
tǎo chī

to beg for food

乞讨
qǐ tǎo

to beg

讨伐
tǎo fá

to suppress by armed force

追讨
zhuī tǎo

to demand payment of money owing

讨人厌
tǎo rén yàn

horrid

自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī

to ask for trouble (idiom)

讨取
tǎo qǔ

to ask for

讨债
tǎo zhài

to demand repayment

研讨会
yán tǎo huì

discussion forum

索讨
suǒ tǎo

to demand; to ask for

讨论
tǎo lùn

to discuss; to talk over

讨账
tǎo zhàng

to demand payment

奉承讨好
fèng cheng tǎo hǎo

to curry favor

讨海
tǎo hǎi

to make one's living from the sea

讨小
tǎo xiǎo

(coll.) to take a concubine

探讨
tàn tǎo

to investigate

拼命讨好
pīn mìng tǎo hǎo

to throw oneself at sb or sth

讨价还价
tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle over price

公开讨论会
gōng kāi tǎo lùn huì

open forum

东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

讨人嫌
tǎo rén xián

unpleasant

讨饭
tǎo fàn

to ask for food

征讨
zhēng tǎo

to go on a punitive expedition

费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

讨究
tǎo jiū

to investigate

讨平
tǎo píng

to put down (an uprising)

讨还
tǎo huán

to ask for sth back

讨乞
tǎo qǐ

to go begging

自讨没趣
zì tǎo méi qù

to invite a snub

讨饶
tǎo ráo

to beg for mercy

讨人喜欢
tǎo rén xǐ huan

to attract people's affection

讨巧
tǎo qiǎo

to act cleverly to get what one desires

讨教
tǎo jiào

to consult

讨保
tǎo bǎo

to ask for bail money

讨俏
tǎo qiào

deliberately provocative

催讨
cuī tǎo

to demand repayment of debt

检讨
jiǎn tǎo

to examine or inspect

讨厌
tǎo yàn

to dislike

讨便宜
tǎo pián yi

to look for a bargain

南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

讨好
tǎo hǎo

to get the desired outcome

讨论会
tǎo lùn huì

symposium

讨厌鬼
tǎo yàn guǐ

disgusting person

商讨
shāng tǎo

to discuss

讨论区
tǎo lùn qū

forum (esp. online)

讨米
tǎo mǐ

to beg for food

声讨
shēng tǎo

to denounce

研讨
yán tǎo

discussion

讨论班
tǎo lùn bān

seminar

讨嫌
tǎo xián

disagreeable

讨底
tǎo dǐ

to enquire

讨扰
tǎo rǎo

I beg to disturb you

吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

诛暴讨逆
zhū bào tǎo nì

to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)