偿 (償)
cháng
Pinyin

Definition

偿 (償)
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cháng
  1. to repay
  2. to compensate for
  3. to recompense
  4. to fulfill (hopes etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

补偿
bǔ cháng
  1. 1 to compensate
  2. 2 to make up
赔偿
péi cháng
  1. 1 to compensate
偿
cháng
  1. 1 to repay
  2. 2 to compensate for
  3. 3 to recompense
  4. 4 to fulfill (hopes etc)
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
偿还
cháng huán
  1. 1 to repay
  2. 2 to reimburse

Idioms (1)

得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
  1. 1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这样就太得不偿失咯，中医说“养生之诀，当以睡眠为先，睡能还精，睡能养气，睡能健脾益胃，睡能坚骨强筋”，古人的经验之谈还是有可取之处的。
zhèyàng jiù tài débùchángshī lo ，zhōngyī shuō “yǎngshēng zhī jué ，dāng yǐ shuìmián wèi xiān ，shuì néng huán jīng ，shuì néng yǎngqì ，shuì néng jiànpí yìwèi ，shuì néng jiāngǔ qiángjīn ”，gǔrén de jīngyàn zhī tán háishì yǒu kěqǔzhīchù de 。
The gains really don't surpass what you lose in this case. There's a saying in traditional Chinese medicine circles: "Sleep should take priority in any health strategy, as sleep can restore your spirit, sleep can restore chi, sleep is beneficial for the stomach and the spleen and sleep can strengthen your bones and build your muscles." There's always something to learn from the experience of those from pre-modern China.
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那真是辛苦你了，航空公司有没有什么补偿措施？
nà zhēn shì xīnkǔ nǐ le ，hángkōnggōngsī yǒu méiyǒu shénme bǔcháng cuòshī ？
You've really had a tough time of it. Did the airline give you any form of compensation?
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这种叫”不可抗力“因素，不会有什么补偿的，就发个餐券，他们只叫我等，可能最快一天就结束了，最后还是等了两天。
zhèzhǒng jiào ”bù kě kànglì “yīnsù ，bùhuì yǒu shénme bǔcháng de ，jiù fā gè cānquàn ，tāmen zhī jiào wǒ děng ，kěnéng zuìkuài yītiān jiù jiéshù le ，zuìhòu háishì děng le liǎngtiān 。
This counts as an act of god, so there's no compensation. They just gave us food vouchers and asked us to wait. They told us that at the quickest it would end in a day, but I actually ended up waiting for two days.
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我被欧洲罢工延迟行程的心理补偿！
wǒ bèi Ōuzhōu bàgōng yánchí xíngchéng de xīnlǐ bǔcháng ！
As psychological compensation for my flight being delayed by the European strike.
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真是抱歉，是我的疏忽，要不…作为补偿，送您50元的外卖优惠券吧，我们下个月起就支持网上订餐了。
zhēnshi bàoqiàn ，shì wǒ de shūhu ，yào bù …zuòwéi bǔcháng ，sòng nín yuán de wàimài yōuhuì quàn ba ，wǒmen xiàgèyuè qǐ jiù zhīchí wǎngshàng dìng cān le 。
I’m very sorry for my negligence. As a compensation, please accept this $50 voucher for takeaway orders when our online ordering service is available.
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我要打给保险公司，算算这样能赔多少，然后再找律师，看看告那个医生能拿到多少赔偿。
wǒ yào dǎ gěi bǎoxiǎngōngsī ，suàn suan zhèyàng néng péi duōshao ，ránhòu zài zhǎo lǜshī ，kàn kan gào nàge yīshēng néng ná dào duōshao péicháng 。
Son: I want to call the insurance company, to see how big a claim we can get. Then I'll get in touch with a lawyer, to see how much we can get in damages from suing that doctor.
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学校下周组织无偿献血，我在犹豫要不要报名，因为我有点儿怕疼。
xuéxiào xiàzhōu zǔzhī wúcháng xiànxiě ，wǒ zài yóuyù yào bùyào bàomíng ，yīnwèi wǒ yǒudiǎnr pà téng 。
The school has organised a blood drive next week , I’m debating whether I should sign up, because i’m a bit scared that it might hurt.
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我为公司工作了八年。根据劳动法，公司应该付我八个月的补偿金。
wǒ wèi gōngsī gōngzuò le le bā nián 。gēnjù láodòngfǎ ，gōngsī yīnggāi fù wǒ bā gè yuè de bǔchángjīn 。
I've worked for this company for 8 years. According to the labor law, the company should pay me 8 months compensation.
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那不是挺好的嘛？上次征地补偿了二十多万，多亏那笔钱，我们才凑齐首付在上海买了房子。哎，这次征多少？补偿多少？
nà bùshì tǐng hǎo de ma ？shàngcì zhēngdì bǔcháng le èrshí duō wàn ，duōkuī nà bǐ qián ，wǒmen cái còuqí shǒufù zài Shànghǎi mǎi le fángzi 。āi ，zhècì zhēng duōshao ？bǔcháng duōshao ？
Isn't that a good thing? Last time we relocated, we were compensated more than 200,000 yuan. Thanks to that money, we were able to get together enough money to put the down payment on a house in Shanghai. How much land is being acquired? What's the compensation?
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我看现在城市化就是征地、拆迁、盖楼。基础建设搞得再好，楼房盖得再多有什么用。那个小城能吸纳多少农民就业？农民就是都住进楼房也变不成城里人。就说早几年被征地的那几个村吧，倒是家家住进了楼房，成了市民。当时的补偿款给得也少，他们早就花完了，现在又没地，又没钱，农民不像农民，市民不像市民，无业游民倒是挺多，那日子过得，就快成贫民窟了。
wǒ kàn xiànzài chéngshìhuà jiùshì zhēngdì 、chāiqiān 、gàilóu 。jīchǔjiànshè gǎo de zài hǎo ，lóufáng gài de zài duō yǒu shénme yòng 。nàge xiǎochéng néng xīnà duōshao nóngmín jiùyè ？nóngmín jiùshì dōu zhùjìn lóufáng yě biàn bùchéng chénglǐrén 。jiù shuō zǎo jǐnián bèi zhēngdì de nà jǐ ge cūn ba ，dàoshì jiājiā zhùjìn le lóufáng ，chéng le shìmín 。dāngshí de bǔchángkuǎn gěi de yě shǎo ，tāmen zǎo jiù huā wán le ，xiànzài yòu méi dì ，yòu méi qián ，nóngmín bù xiàng nóngmín ，shìmín bù xiàng shìmín ，wúyèyóumín dàoshì tǐng duō ，nà rìzi guò de ，jiù kuài chéng pínmínkōng le 。
The urbanization I see nowadays is just land requisition, demolition of old buildings and building new ones. No matter how good the infrastructure is or how many buildings are built, what good is it? How many farmers can those small cities employ? Just living in a building doesn't make farmers into city dwellers. Look at all those families in the villages who had their land requisitioned before that have all settled in buildings and become city dwellers. At the time, the compensation they got was so little, they ended up spending everything a while ago. Now they don't have any land and they don't have any money either. They're farmers who aren't like farmers and city dwellers who aren't like city dwellers. They're actually a lot of vagrants. Living in this way, they'll find themselves living in slums soon.
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