Powered by CC-CEDICT
Trad. 給
- to
- for
- for the benefit of
- to give
- to allow
- to do sth (for sb)
- (grammatical equivalent of 被)
- (grammatical equivalent of 把)
- (sentence intensifier)
Trad. 塞給
- to slip sb sth
- to press sb to accept sth
- to insert surreptitiously
- to foist sth off on sb
Trad. 給事
- the name of an official position in the imperial court, aka 給事中|给事中[ji3 shi4 zhong1]
Trad. 給臉
- (coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving)
Trad. 給養
- provisions; supplies; victuals
- (literary) to support; to provide for; to look after
Trad. 傳給
- to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to
- (in football etc) to pass to
Trad. 補給車
- (military) supply vehicle
- (sports) support vehicle during cycling events, marathons etc
Trad. 不給力
- lame (unimpressive)
- a huge letdown
- not to try at all
Trad. 歐咪呀給
- (Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")
Trad. 還給老師
- to forget (everything one has learned)
Trad. 家給人足
- lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
Trad. 目不暇給
- lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom)
- fig. too many good things to see; a feast for the eyes
Trad. 人給家足
- lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
Trad. 殺雞給猴看
- lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
Trad. 給臉不要臉
- (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill
Trad. 給你點顏色看看
- (I'll) teach you a lesson
- put you in your place
Trad. 黃鼠狼給雞拜年
- Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
Trad. 打一巴掌，給個甜棗
- lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
- fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation