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托賴 (tok3 laai6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

托賴 (tok3 laai6, tuō lài) — rely on one's elder or an influential person for protection, it is an expression used when people are being asked how they have been to show that they appreciate others' concern

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 托塔都應承 (tok3 taap3 dou1 jing1 sing4) — an expression which means 'to agree with anything asked by another, regardless …
• 托大腳 (tok3 daai6 goek3) — (verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)
• 托手踭 (tok3 sau2 zaang1) — to reject; to turn down a request
• 托 (tok3) — to hold up; prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hol…
• 托故 (tok3 gu3) — to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something
• 托水龍 (tok3 seoi2 lung4) — to embezzle; to pocket the client's money

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