害得
hài de
Pinyin
Definition
害得
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- to cause or lead to sth bad
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举两得
- 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
- 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
- 2 success at a stroke
- 3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
- 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
- 2 unfit for a public role
不以词害志
- 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
Sample Sentences
唉,别提了。我刚到那里,就被一个美国朋友问:“听说,中国人不怎么在乎牙齿,这是真的吗?”结果害得我越看我的牙越丑,都不敢笑了。
Jeez, don't remind me. Right when I got there, my American friend asked: “I've heard that Chinese don't really care about their teeth. Is that true?” As a result I was afraid that the more I showed my teeth, the more ugly I'd seem and I didn't even dare to smile.