tǎo

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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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Words Containing 讨

乞讨
qǐ tǎo

to beg

商讨
shāng tǎo

to discuss

探讨
tàn tǎo

to investigate

检讨
jiǎn tǎo

to examine or inspect

研讨
yán tǎo

discussion

讨人喜欢
tǎo rén xǐ huan

to attract people's affection

讨价还价
tǎo jià huán jià

to haggle over price

讨厌
tǎo yàn

to dislike

讨好
tǎo hǎo

to get the desired outcome

讨论
tǎo lùn

to discuss; to talk over

催讨
cuī tǎo

to demand repayment of debt

公开讨论会
gōng kāi tǎo lùn huì

open forum

南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo

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

吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

奉承讨好
fèng cheng tǎo hǎo

to curry favor

征讨
zhēng tǎo

to go on a punitive expedition

拼命讨好
pīn mìng tǎo hǎo

to throw oneself at sb or sth

东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo

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

东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng

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

申讨
shēn tǎo

to denounce

研讨会
yán tǎo huì

discussion forum

索讨
suǒ tǎo

to demand; to ask for

声讨
shēng tǎo

to denounce

自讨没趣
zì tǎo méi qù

to invite a snub

自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī

to ask for trouble (idiom)

讨乞
tǎo qǐ

to go begging

讨人厌
tǎo rén yàn

horrid

讨人嫌
tǎo rén xián

unpleasant

讨伐
tǎo fá

to suppress by armed force

讨便宜
tǎo pián yi

to look for a bargain

讨俏
tǎo qiào

deliberately provocative

讨保
tǎo bǎo

to ask for bail money

讨债
tǎo zhài

to demand repayment

讨厌鬼
tǎo yàn guǐ

disgusting person

讨取
tǎo qǔ

to ask for

讨吃
tǎo chī

to beg for food

讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi

to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)

讨嫌
tǎo xián

disagreeable

讨小
tǎo xiǎo

(coll.) to take a concubine

讨巧
tǎo qiǎo

to act cleverly to get what one desires

讨平
tǎo píng

to put down (an uprising)

讨底
tǎo dǐ

to enquire

讨扰
tǎo rǎo

I beg to disturb you

讨教
tǎo jiào

to consult

讨海
tǎo hǎi

to make one's living from the sea

讨生活
tǎo shēng huó

to eke out a living

讨究
tǎo jiū

to investigate

讨米
tǎo mǐ

to beg for food

讨论区
tǎo lùn qū

forum (esp. online)

讨论会
tǎo lùn huì

symposium

讨论班
tǎo lùn bān

seminar

讨账
tǎo zhàng

to demand payment

讨还
tǎo huán

to ask for sth back

讨饭
tǎo fàn

to ask for food

讨饶
tǎo ráo

to beg for mercy

诛暴讨逆
zhū bào tǎo nì

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

费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

追讨
zhuī tǎo

to demand payment of money owing