招惹
zhāo rě
Pinyin

Definition

招惹
 - 
zhāo rě
  1. to provoke
  2. to tease

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

惹
rě
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to vex
  4. 4 to stir up
  5. 5 to anger
  6. 6 to attract (troubles)
  7. 7 to cause (problems)
招
zhāo
  1. 1 to recruit
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to beckon
  4. 4 to incur
  5. 5 to infect
  6. 6 contagious
  7. 7 a move (chess)
  8. 8 a maneuver
  9. 9 device
  10. 10 trick
  11. 11 to confess
招呼
zhāo hu
  1. 1 to call out to
  2. 2 to greet
  3. 3 to say hello to
  4. 4 to inform
  5. 5 to take care of
  6. 6 to take care that one does not
招聘
zhāo pìn
  1. 1 to invite applications for a job
  2. 2 to recruit
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])

Idioms (15)

惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拈花惹草
niān huā rě cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to womanize
  3. 3 to frequent brothels
  4. 4 to sow one's wild oats
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
招财
zhāo cái
  1. 1 lit. inviting wealth
  2. 2 We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhāo cái jìn bǎo])

Sample Sentences

新案子不都是你唱主角吗？她竟敢招惹你这大红人？
Xīn ànzi bù dōu shì nǐ chàngzhǔjué ma ？tā jìnggǎn zhāorě nǐ zhè dàhóngrén ？
Don't you play a big role in all the new cases? How dare she provoke you, the big shot?
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