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Trad. 討
- to invite
- to provoke
- to demand or ask for
- to send armed forces to suppress
- to denounce or condemn
- to marry (a woman)
- to discuss or study
Trad. 討伐
- to suppress by armed force
- to send a punitive expedition against
- to crusade against
Trad. 討好
- to get the desired outcome
- to win favor by fawning on sb
- to curry favor with
- a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
Trad. 討巧
- to act cleverly to get what one desires
- to get the best at least expense
Trad. 討擾
- I beg to disturb you
- I trespass on your hospitality
- Thank you for your hospitality!
Trad. 討便宜
- to look for a bargain
- to seek advantage
- to try to gain at expense of others
Trad. 討生活
- to eke out a living
- to live from hand to mouth
- to drift aimlessly
Trad. 誅暴討逆
- to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
Trad. 南征北討
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Trad. 奉承討好
- to curry favor
- to get the desired outcome by flattery
Trad. 東討西征
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Trad. 討人喜歡
- to attract people's affection
- charming
- delightful
Trad. 討好賣乖
- to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
Trad. 拼命討好
- to throw oneself at sb or sth
- to bend over backwards to help
Trad. 自討沒趣
- to invite a snub
- to court a rebuff
Trad. 自討苦吃
- (idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
Trad. 東征西討
- war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
Trad. 費力不討好
- arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
Trad. 吃力不討好
- arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding