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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
吃力不討好	吃力不讨好	[chi1 li4 bu4 tao3 hao3]	/arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding/	6333	1
催討	催讨	[cui1 tao3]	/to demand repayment of debt/	6699	1
東討西征	东讨西征	[dong1 tao3 xi1 zheng1]	/war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters/	6333	1
東征西討	东征西讨	[dong1 zheng1 xi1 tao3]	/war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters/	6333	1
費力不討好	费力不讨好	[fei4 li4 bu4 tao3 hao3]	/arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding/	6333	1
奉承討好	奉承讨好	[feng4 cheng5 tao3 hao3]	/to curry favor/to get the desired outcome by flattery/	6578	1
公開討論會	公开讨论会	[gong1 kai1 tao3 lun4 hui4]	/open forum/	7101	1
檢討	检讨	[jian3 tao3]	/to examine or inspect/self-criticism/review/	6080	1
南征北討	南征北讨	[nan2 zheng1 bei3 tao3]	/war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters/	6333	1
拼命討好	拼命讨好	[pin1 ming4 tao3 hao3]	/to throw oneself at sb or sth/to bend over backwards to help/	6112	1
乞討	乞讨	[qi3 tao3]	/to beg/to go begging/	6088	1
商討	商讨	[shang1 tao3]	/to discuss/to deliberate/	5652	1
申討	申讨	[shen1 tao3]	/to denounce/	6637	1
聲討	声讨	[sheng1 tao3]	/to denounce; to condemn/	1110	1
索討	索讨	[[suo3tao3]]	/to demand; to ask for/	867	2
探討	探讨	[tan4 tao3]	/to investigate/to probe/	6560	1
討	讨	[tao3]	/to invite/to provoke/to demand or ask for/to send armed forces to suppress/to denounce or condemn/to marry (a woman)/to discuss or study/	6066	1
討保	讨保	[tao3 bao3]	/to ask for bail money/	6591	1
討吃	讨吃	[tao3 chi1]	/to beg for food/	6591	1
討底	讨底	[tao3 di3]	/to enquire/to demand details/	6591	1
討底兒	讨底儿	[tao3 di3 r5]	/erhua variant of 討底\|讨底[tao3 di3]/	5093	1
討伐	讨伐	[tao3 fa2]	/to suppress by armed force/to send a punitive expedition against/to crusade against/	5995	1
討飯	讨饭	[tao3 fan4]	/to ask for food/to beg/	6591	1
討海	讨海	[tao3 hai3]	/to make one's living from the sea/	4117	1
討好	讨好	[tao3 hao3]	/to get the desired outcome/to win favor by fawning on sb/to curry favor with/a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor/	6591	1
討好賣乖	讨好卖乖	[tao3 hao3 mai4 guai1]	/to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)/	6070	1
討還	讨还	[tao3 huan2]	/to ask for sth back/to recover/	5196	1
討價還價	讨价还价	[tao3 jia4 huan2 jia4]	/to haggle over price/to bargain/	2569	1
討教	讨教	[tao3 jiao4]	/to consult/to ask for advice/	6591	1
討究	讨究	[tao3 jiu1]	/to investigate/	6097	1
討論班	讨论班	[tao3 lun4 ban1]	/seminar/workshop/	4452	1
討論會	讨论会	[tao3 lun4 hui4]	/symposium/discussion forum/	7101	1
討論區	讨论区	[tao3 lun4 qu1]	/forum (esp. online)/discussion area/feedback/	6536	1
討米	讨米	[tao3 mi3]	/to beg for food/	6591	1
討拍	讨拍	[tao3 pai1]	/(Tw) (coll.) to seek sympathy/	3101	1
討便宜	讨便宜	[tao3 pian2 yi5]	/to look for a bargain/to seek advantage/to try to gain at expense of others/	6591	1
討平	讨平	[tao3 ping2]	/to put down (an uprising)/to pacify/	6591	1
討乞	讨乞	[tao3 qi3]	/to go begging/to ask for alms/	6591	1
討巧	讨巧	[tao3 qiao3]	/to act cleverly to get what one desires/to get the best at least expense/	6591	1
討俏	讨俏	[tao3 qiao4]	/deliberately provocative/saucy/	6576	1
討取	讨取	[tao3 qu3]	/to ask for/to demand/	4330	1
討饒	讨饶	[tao3 rao2]	/to beg for mercy/to ask for forgiveness/	6591	1
討擾	讨扰	[tao3 rao3]	/I beg to disturb you/I trespass on your hospitality/Thank you for your hospitality!/	6591	1
討人	讨人	[tao3 ren2]	/(old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute/	5210	1
討人喜歡	讨人喜欢	[tao3 ren2 xi3 huan5]	/to attract people's affection/charming/delightful/	5210	1
討人嫌	讨人嫌	[tao3 ren2 xian2]	/unpleasant/disagreeable/	6591	1
討人厭	讨人厌	[tao3 ren2 yan4]	/horrid/	6576	1
討生活	讨生活	[tao3 sheng1 huo2]	/to eke out a living/to live from hand to mouth/to drift aimlessly/	6591	1
討嫌	讨嫌	[tao3 xian2]	/disagreeable/hateful/a pain in the neck/	6591	1
討小	讨小	[tao3 xiao3]	/(coll.) to take a concubine/	4933	1
討厭	讨厌	[tao3 yan4]	/to dislike/to loathe/disagreeable/troublesome/annoying/	5374	1
討厭鬼	讨厌鬼	[tao3 yan4 gui3]	/disgusting person/slob/	6601	1
討債	讨债	[tao3 zhai4]	/to demand repayment/	6601	1
討賬	讨账	[tao3 zhang4]	/to demand payment/to collect overdue payment/	6601	1
討論	讨论	[[tao3lun4]]	/to discuss; to talk over/	669	2
討喜	讨喜	[[tao3xi3]]	/endearing; charming; likable/	25	2
討薪	讨薪	[[tao3xin1]]	/to seek unpaid wages/	401	2
討要	讨要	[[tao3yao4]]	/to insistently ask for; to demand/	8	2
研討	研讨	[yan2 tao3]	/discussion/	6920	1
研討會	研讨会	[yan2 tao3 hui4]	/discussion forum/seminar/	7101	1
征討	征讨	[zheng1 tao3]	/to go on a punitive expedition/	6630	1
之所以	之所以	[[zhi1suo3yi3]]	/(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P/Example: 我之所以討厭他\|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1suo3yi3 tao3yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"/	789	2
誅暴討逆	诛暴讨逆	[zhu1 bao4 tao3 ni4]	/to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)/	6685	1
追討	追讨	[zhui1 tao3]	/to demand payment of money owing/	2375	1
自討沒趣	自讨没趣	[zi4 tao3 mei2 qu4]	/to invite a snub/to court a rebuff/	6608	1
自討苦吃	自讨苦吃	[[zi4tao3ku3chi1]]	/(idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back/	146	2

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