讨
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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
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Dict coverage rank #1,223 U+8BA8
How 讨 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To ask 讠 for something 寸
How to remember it
condemn · Heisig RSH #351
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 讨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公开讨论会 | gōng kāi tǎo lùn huì | open forum |
| 吃力不讨好 | chī lì bù tǎo hǎo | arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding |
| 费力不讨好 | fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo | arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding |
| 自讨苦吃 | zì tǎo kǔ chī | (idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back |
| 讨生活 | tǎo shēng huó | to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly |
| 讨论区 | tǎo lùn qū | forum (esp. online); discussion area; feedback |
| 东征西讨 | dōng zhēng xī tǎo | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| 东讨西征 | dōng tǎo xī zhēng | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| 讨论会 | tǎo lùn huì | symposium; discussion forum |
| 南征北讨 | nán zhēng běi tǎo | war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters |
| 讨底儿 | tǎo dǐ r | erhua variant of 討底|讨底[tao3 di3] |
| 讨人 | tǎo rén | (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute |
| 讨小 | tǎo xiǎo | (coll.) to take a concubine |
| 讨海 | tǎo hǎi | to make one's living from the sea |
| 讨平 | tǎo píng | to put down (an uprising); to pacify |
| 讨论班 | tǎo lùn bān | seminar; workshop |
| 拼命讨好 | pīn mìng tǎo hǎo | to throw oneself at sb or sth; to bend over backwards to help |
| 讨教 | tǎo jiào | to consult; to ask for advice |
| 讨人喜欢 | tǎo rén xǐ huan | to attract people's affection; charming; delightful |
| 讨好 | tǎo hǎo | to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful… |