lài
Radical 154 · 13 strokes

to renege (on promise)

HSK 6 (3.0)10 meanings#13927
MEANING10 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to renege (on promise)

    不承认已经说过或答应过的事情bù chéngrènshi yǐjīng shuōguo huò dāyìngguo de shìqing

    • He refused to pay back the debt.

  2. verb

    to disclaim

    • He wants to refuse to pay this debt.

  3. verb

    to rat (on debts)

    不承认自己的债务或错误bù chéngrèn zìjǐ de zhàiwù huò cuòwù

    • He refused to repay his debt.

  4. verb

    to put the blame on

    把责任或过错推给别人bǎ zérènwù huò guòcuò tuīgěi biérén

    • You can't blame me.

  5. verb

    to hang on in a place

    坚持不离开某个地方jiānchí bù líkāi mǒugeè dìfang

    • He refused to leave the house and just stayed inside.

  6. adjective

    rascally

    不诚实、想逃避责任的bù chéngshíshi、xiǎng taōhuì zérènwu de

    • He's very cunning.

  7. verb

    to blame

    指责某人做得不好或有错误zhǐzé mǒurén zuòde búhǎo huò yǒu cuòwù

    • You can't blame me for this.

  8. adjective

    bad

    不好的;质量差的bù hǎo de;zhìliàng chà de

    • This idea is really bad.

  9. noun

    surname Lai

    一种姓氏;人的家族名字yī zhǒng xìngshì; rén de jiāzú míngzi

  10. noun

    (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app

    一种网络通讯软件、应用程序yī zhǒng wǎngluò tōngxùn ruǎnjiàn、yìngyòng chéngxù

    • Do you use LINE?

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A lazy person tied tightly to the burden of debt refuses to pay.

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