做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
Pinyin
Definition
做好做歹
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- to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to do
- 2 to make
- 3 to produce
- 4 to write
- 5 to compose
- 6 to act as
- 7 to engage in
- 8 to hold (a party)
- 9 to be
- 10 to become
- 11 to function (in some capacity)
- 12 to serve as
- 13 to be used for
- 14 to form (a bond or relationship)
- 15 to pretend
- 16 to feign
- 17 to act a part
- 18 to put on appearance
- 1 good
- 2 well
- 3 proper
- 4 good to
- 5 easy to
- 6 very
- 7 so
- 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
- 9 (of two people) close
- 10 on intimate terms
- 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 1 to work
- 2 to handle matters
- 3 to have a job
- 1 to conduct oneself
- 2 to behave with integrity
- 1 to put out
- 2 to issue
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
不问好歹
- 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
- 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
- 2 not to know what's good for one
- 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
- 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
- 2 undiscriminating
做一天和尚撞一天钟
- 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
- 3 to hold a position passively