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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
得便宜賣乖	得便宜卖乖	[de2 pian2 yi5 mai4 guai1]	/to have benefited from sth but pretend otherwise/to claim to be hard done by, even though one has benefited/	2533	1
乖	乖	[guai1]	/(of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever/shrewd/alert/perverse/contrary to reason/irregular/abnormal/	6422	1
乖乖	乖乖	[guai1 guai1]	/(of a child) well-behaved/obediently/(term of endearment for a child) darling/sweetie/	2424	1
乖乖牌	乖乖牌	[guai1 guai1 pai2]	/good little boy (or girl)/	2420	1
乖乖	乖乖	[guai1 guai5]	/goodness gracious!/oh my lord!/	2424	1
乖覺	乖觉	[guai1 jue2]	/perceptive/alert/clever/shrewd/	6733	1
乖离	乖离	[guai1 li2]	/to part/to separate/to deviate/	5576	1
乖戾	乖戾	[guai1 li4]	/perverse (behavior)/disagreeable (character)/	6217	1
乖謬	乖谬	[guai1 miu4]	/ridiculous/abnormal/	6063	1
乖僻	乖僻	[guai1 pi4]	/peculiar/eccentric/	6267	1
乖巧	乖巧	[guai1 qiao3]	/clever (child)/smart/lovable/cute/	6598	1
乖順	乖顺	[guai1 shun4]	/obedient (colloquial)/	6063	1
乖迕	乖迕	[guai1 wu3]	/stubborn/contrary/disobedient/	6084	1
乖忤	乖忤	[guai1 wu3]	/stubborn/contrary/disobedient/	6084	1
乖張	乖张	[guai1 zhang1]	/recalcitrant/unreasonable/peevish/	6134	1
乖乖女	乖乖女	[[guai1guai1nü3]]	/well-behaved girl; good girl/	525	2
怪戾	怪戾	[guai4 li4]	/see 乖戾[guai1 li4]/	4061	1
賣乖	卖乖	[[mai4guai1]]	/to show off one's cleverness/(of sb who has received beneficial treatment) to profess to have been hard done by/	568	2
撒嬌賣乖	撒娇卖乖	[sa1 jiao1 mai4 guai1]	/to behave ingratiatingly/	1384	1
上一次當，學一次乖	上一次当，学一次乖	[shang4 yi1 ci4 dang4 , xue2 yi1 ci4 guai1]	/to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)/once bitten, twice shy/	4082	1
時乖命蹇	时乖命蹇	[shi2 guai1 ming4 jian3]	/bad times, adverse fate (idiom)/	6355	1
討好賣乖	讨好卖乖	[tao3 hao3 mai4 guai1]	/to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)/	6092	1
學乖	学乖	[[xue2guai1]]	/to learn one's lesson the hard way/	726	2
嘴乖	嘴乖	[zui3 guai1]	/(coll.) to speak in a clever and lovable way/	4684	1

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