Chinese word dictionary

狡赖

jiǎo lài · to deny (through sophism)

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Word information

Simplified狡赖

Traditional狡賴

Pinyinjiǎo lài

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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狡jiǎo

cunning, deceitful, treacherous

赖lài

to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor

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赖lài

surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app; to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on; variant of 賴|赖[lai4]

信赖xìnlài

to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

依赖yīlài

to depend on; to be dependent on

狡猾jiǎohuá

crafty; cunning; sly

耍赖shuǎlài

to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened

无赖wúlài

hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly