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lài
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to depend on
  2. 2. to hang on in a place
  3. 3. bad
  4. 4. to renege (on promise)
  5. 5. to disclaim
  6. 6. to rat (on debts)
  7. 7. rascally
  8. 8. to blame
  9. 9. to put the blame on

Example Sentences

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我信 他。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 808210)

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Words Containing 赖

赖床
lài chuáng

to have a lie-in

达赖喇嘛
dá lài lǎ ma

Dalai Lama

有赖于
yǒu lài yú

see 有賴|有赖[yǒu lài]

值得信赖
zhí de xìn lài

trustworthy

依赖
yī lài

to depend on

耍无赖
shuǎ wú lài

to act shamelessly

赖校族
lài xiào zú

campus dwellers (slang)

信赖
xìn lài

to trust

赖氨酸
lài ān suān

lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid

信赖区间
xìn lài qū jiān

confidence interval (statistics)

百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài

bored to death (idiom)

赖脸
lài liǎn

to be shameless

语境依赖性
yǔ jìng yī lài xìng

context dependency

有赖
yǒu lài

(of an outcome) to rely on

恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài

evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy

奥尔布赖特
ào ěr bù lài tè

Madeleine Albright (1937-), former US Secretary of State

富布赖特
fù bù lài tè

Fulbright (scholarship)

康多莉扎·赖斯
kāng duō lì zhā · lài sī

Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009

倚赖
yǐ lài

to rely on

赖皮
lài pí

shameless

不赖
bù lài

(coll.) not bad

赖斯
lài sī

Rice (name)

城市依赖症
chéng shì yī lài zhèng

\urban dependence disease\ (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)

打赖
dǎ lài

to deny

赖清德
lài qīng dé

William Lai Ching-te (1959-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice president of the Republic of China from 2020

好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

耍赖
shuǎ lài

to act shamelessly

狡赖
jiǎo lài

to deny (through sophism)

源赖朝
yuán lài cháo

MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[lián cāng mù fǔ]

赖安
lài ān

Ryan (name)

克赖斯特彻奇
kè lài sī tè chè qí

Christchurch (New Zealand city)

达赖
dá lài

the Dalai Lama

赖特
lài tè

Wright (name)

死皮赖脸
sǐ pí lài liǎn

brazen faced (idiom); shameless

赖账
lài zhàng

to renege on a debt

赖婚
lài hūn

to go back on a marriage contract

奥赖恩
ào lài ēn

Orion (NASA spacecraft)

诬赖
wū lài

to accuse falsely

撒赖
sā lài

to make a scene

赖以
lài yǐ

to rely on

惫赖
bèi lài

naughty

聊赖
liáo lài

to suffer tedium

老赖
lǎo lài

(coll.) debt dodger

端赖
duān lài

absolutely reliant on

赖声川
lài shēng chuān

Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director

赖昌星
lài chāng xīng

Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008

抵赖
dǐ lài

to refuse to admit (what one has done)

仰赖
yǎng lài

to rely on

死乞白赖
sǐ qi bái lài

to pester someone again and again

无赖
wú lài

hoodlum