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Change log entry 69000
Processed by: richwarm (2020-01-29 05:19:40 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 65396 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
* Only ABC includes the sense “little dear; darling (to a child)” also for the pronunciation guāiguai.

※ guāiguāi

【Wenlin】
〈coll.〉 r[eduplicated].f[orm]. well-behaved; obedient
n. little dear; darling (to a child)

【Pleco】
NOUN (to a child) little dear; darling
ADJECTIVE well-behaved; obedient
| 孩子们都乖乖儿地坐着听老师讲故事。
| The children all sat quietly listening to the teacher tell stories.

【LAC】
1. 对小孩子的暱称。
| 小~。
2. 顺从;驯服。
| 匪徒~缴械投降。

【MoE】
表示亲暱的称呼,有可爱、乖巧的意思。
| 《西游记.第四三回》:「我那乖乖,菩萨恐你养不大,与你戴个颈圈镯头哩。」

【规范】
1 名 对小孩儿的昵称
| 小乖乖, 真懂事。
2 形 老实、驯服的样子
| 这孩子乖乖地在家里玩
| 把霸占的财产乖乖地退出来!


奥巴马呼吁停止建立以色列定居点,但是对很多阿拉伯人和巴勒斯坦人来说,问题是他将采取何等措施来保证以色列会乖乖听命。
Obama calls for a freeze on settlements, but the question for many Arabs and Palestinians is what he will do to force Israel to comply with his demands.

这次工人运动乖乖地自取灭亡了.
The labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely.

孩子们,要乖乖的!
Be good! My children.

乖乖, 走开吧; 妈妈想歇一会儿.
Run along now, sonny; mummy wants to have a rest.

我的乖乖,不要哭,妈现在不痛了。
Darling, don't cry. Ma does not feel any pain now.

“我的好乖乖,”母亲说着抬起两眼仰望天空。
My darling," the mother said, raising her eyes to the sky.

“哎,奶奶,”她说,“你的耳朵怎么这样大呀?”“为了更好地听你说话呀,乖乖。”
Oh, grandmother, she said, what Big ears you have. The Better to hear you with, my child, was the reply.


※ guāiguai

【Wenlin】
〈coll.〉 n. little dear; darling
intj. Good gracious!

【Pleco】
INTERJECTION
Good gracious!

【LAC】
叹词。表示惊讶或赞叹。
| ~!你长得好高啊
| ~!这幅画简直跟真人没两样!

【MoE】
表示惊叹的语气。如:「乖乖!这师父的手艺还真不赖!」

【规范】
叹 表示惊奇或赞叹
| 乖乖, 怎么这张图纸这么难画呀!


绝大多数人都惊恐地目睹着这一幕,而有位记者却跑下了飞机,嘴里说道:“乖乖,多好的一条新闻啊
As most of them watched in shocked horror, one newsman ran down the plane with the words: "My God, what a story!"

不過我聽說去年一年,營造業被裁掉十萬多人,乖乖,十萬多人耶,真是一群螻蟻,老闆要你活你就活,要你死你就死!
We could only guess that there were probably several hundred. Though I heard that last year the construction industry laid off more than 100,000 workers. Amazing, more than 100,000 people, just think! Such a group of ants--when the boss says live you live, and when he says die you die.
https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/Articles/Details?Guid=651148d6-2a2c-490a-8b48-15fdebd605e1&CatId=1
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Editor: We have similar entries now, after they were processed from someone else's submission recently.
Diff:
# 乖乖 乖乖 [guai1 guai1] /obedient/well-behaved/(term of endearment for a child) darling/sweetheart/
# 乖乖 乖乖 [guai1 guai5] /(interjection expressing surprise) my god!/good gracious!/
By MDBG 2025
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