Chinese word dictionary

做好做歹

zuò hǎo zuò dǎi · to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn

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Word information

Simplified做好做歹

Traditional做好做歹

Pinyinzuò hǎo zuò dǎi

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Character breakdown

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做zuò

to work, to make; to act

好hǎo

good; well

做zuò

to work, to make; to act

歹dǎi

corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked

How to learn 做好做歹

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Words with the same characters

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好hǎo

good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello

好吃hǎochī

tasty; delicious

好看hǎokàn

good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation

好听hǎotīng

pleasant to hear

好玩儿hǎowánr

erhua variant of 好玩[hao3 wan2]

你好nǐhǎo

hello; hi