赖 lài

rely, depend on; accuse falsely

HSK 6 #1365

DEFINITIONS

  • rely, depend on
  • accuse falsely
  • surname Lai
  • 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]

STROKES

WORDS

城市依赖症 chéng shì yī lài zhèng "urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)
奥赖恩 ào lài ēn Orion (NASA spacecraft)
好死不如赖活着 hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
富布赖特 fù bù lài tè Fulbright (scholarship)
康多莉扎・赖斯 kāng duō lì zhā ・ lài sī Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009
恶叉白赖 è chā bái lài evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
惫赖 bèi lài naughty; cheeky
打赖 dǎ lài to deny; to disclaim; to disavow
死乞白赖 sǐ qi bái lài to pester someone again and again
死气白赖 sǐ qi bái lài variant of 死乞白賴|死乞白赖[si3 qi5 bai2 lai4]
死皮赖脸 sǐ pí lài liǎn brazen faced (idiom); shameless
源赖朝 yuán lài cháo MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府|镰仓幕府[Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3]
狡赖 jiǎo lài to deny (through sophism)
端赖 duān lài to depend ultimately on (Tw); absolutely reliant on
耍无赖 shuǎ wú lài to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval
聊赖 liáo lài to suffer tedium
语境依赖性 yǔ jìng yī lài xìng context dependency
赖婚 lài hūn to go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement
赖床 lài chuáng to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed
赖昌星 lài chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008
赖校族 lài xiào zú campus dwellers (slang); graduates who cannot break away from campus life
赖比瑞亚 lài bǐ ruì yà Liberia (Tw)
赖氨酸 lài ān suān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
赖索托 lài suǒ tuō Lesotho (Tw)
赖声川 lài shēng chuān Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director
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