打赌 (打賭)
dǎ dǔ
Pinyin
Definition
打赌 (打賭)
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- to bet
- to make a bet
- a wager
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 dozen (loanword)
- 1 to open
- 2 to show (a ticket)
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to switch on
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
- 1 to lay (a foundation)
- 2 to conquer (a city etc)
- 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
- 1 to come into contact with
- 2 to have dealings
Idioms (20)
一炮打响
- 1 to win instant success (idiom)
- 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我敢打赌，你一定会迟到的。
I bet you'll definitely be late.
哈哈！我打赌，肯定沉下去。
Haha! I'll bet that it sinks.
不如我们来打赌吧！
Taking bets would be way better!
下午在运动场，我们打赌看谁能打中对面大楼的窗户，结果我赢了。
At the sports field in the afternoon, we bet on who could hit the window of the building across the way, and I won.
我敢打赌下届美国总统选举肯定是民主党赢。
I'm willing to bet that in the next American presidential election the Democrats will definitely win.
原来如此，你的同学倒是挺有商业头脑的，我敢打赌，这生意稳赚。