| 討 | 837C10 60A.00-1 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄊㄠˇ [tao3] | ||
| V.t. | (1) To beg, dun, ask for payment: 討賬，討債 ask for payment of debt; 討價還價 haggle over price; 討飯 [tao3fan4]↓; 討賞 ask for tips, gratuities; 討取 ask for s.t.; 討個明白答復 ask for definite reply; 討個公道 ask for justice; 討饒，討人情兒 to beg for pardon, special considerations; 討人家喜歡，討好 ingratiate oneself; ask for trouble, incur: 討麻煩，討煩惱 ask (gratuitously) for trouble for oneself; 討野火 (MC) risk, incur anger; 討賤 invite contempt; 討人嫌 disgust, -ing: 討厭 [tao3yan4]↓; 討沒趣 do s.t. that will result only in a rebuke or embarrassment; 自討苦吃 walk into trouble; 討巧 try to get s. t. for nothing (討巧的辦法); 討便宜 get a cheap bargain, take advantage of s.t. (2) To marry: 討親，討老婆，討媳婦 get a wife. (3) To discuss, study: 討論，討教 [tao3lun4], [tao3jiao4]↓. (4) To invade with army: 討賊 fight enemy; see 討伐 [tao3fa1]↓. (5) To seek: 討頭路，討生活 seek a job, a living. | |||||
| Words | 1. 討親 [tao3qin1], v.i., to marry a wife. 2. 討求 [tao3qiu2], v.i., ask, beg, demand. 3. 討情 (兒) [tao3qing2]([er0]), v.i., ask for leniency. 4. 討伐 [tao3fa1], v.i., make war on (country, rebels) to vindicate authority. 5. 討飯 [tao3fan4], v.i., be beggar: 討飯的 a beggar. 6. 討好 [tao2hao3], v.t., to ingratiate oneself with (person); to toady. 7. 討教 [tao3jiao4], v.i., ask for advice. 8. 討債鬼 [tao3zhai4gui3], n., oft. spoken of children who spend away family fortune or die young and give no recompense to parents for bringing up. 9. 討論 [tao3lun4], v.i. & n., discuss, -ion. 10. 討饒 [tao3rao2], v.i., ask for pardon. 11. 討厭 [tao3yan4], adj., annoying, objectionable, disgusting. 12. 討要 [tao3yao4], v.t., demand. | |||||