耍
赖

To act shamelessly in Chinese: 耍赖 (shuǎ lài)

shuǎ lài

to act shamelessly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 耍賴1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to act shamelessly
  2. 2to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc
  3. 3to act dumb
  4. 4to act as if sth never happened

Stroke order

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赖

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ㄕㄨㄚˇ

shuǎ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄞˋ

lài

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

耍赖

Simplified

耍賴

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 输了就耍赖，太没意思了。

    shū le jiù shuǎ lài， tài méi yì si le。

    Refusing to admit you lost is really childish.

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Related words

赖

lài

to depend on

耍

shuǎ

to play with

依赖

yī lài

to depend on

玩耍

wán shuǎ

to play (as children do)

信赖

xìn lài

to trust

衰减

shuāi jiǎn

to weaken

衰竭

shuāi jié

organ failure

衰老

shuāi lǎo

to age

衰弱

shuāi ruò

weak

衰退

shuāi tuì

to decline

摔跤

shuāi jiāo

to trip and fall

拴

shuān

to tie up

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