答应 (答應)
dā ying
Pinyin

Definition

答应 (答應)
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dā ying
  1. to answer
  2. to respond
  3. to answer positively
  4. to agree
  5. to accept
  6. to promise

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回答
huí dá
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to answer
  3. 3 the answer
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
答
dā
  1. 1 to answer
  2. 2 to agree
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
问答
wèn dá
  1. 1 question and answer
报答
bào dá
  1. 1 to repay
  2. 2 to requite

Idioms (2)

对答如流
duì dá rú liú
  1. 1 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
答非所问
dá fēi suǒ wèn
  1. 1 (idiom) to sidestep the question
  2. 2 to answer evasively

Sample Sentences

小明的老婆想做丁克族，可小明是家中的独子，老头老太都等着抱孙子传宗接代的，你说能答应吗？这才拖了这么多年。
Xiǎo Míng de lǎopó xiǎngzuò dīngkèzú ，kě Xiǎo Míng shì jiāzhōng de dúzǐ ，lǎotóu lǎotài dōu děng zhe bào sūnzi chuánzōngjiēdài de ，nǐ shuō néng dāying ma ？zhè cái tuō le zhème duō nián 。
Xiaoming's wife wants to be a DINK (double income no kids) couple, but Xiaoming is an only son, so his mum and dad were expecting to have grandchildren to cuddle and carry on the family line. Could you agree to that? That's why it took this many years.
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郑国大夫不失时机吟诵《诗经.郑风.将仲子》中“仲可怀也，人之多言，亦可畏也”。意在表达，如果晋国不放卫侯，将会引起众怒，不但影响晋国国威也牵连晋侯形象，人言可畏啊。至此，经过多轮“吟诗”，晋侯终于点头，答应放人。
zhèng guó dàifu bùshī shíjī yínsòng 《shījīng .zhèngfēng .qiāngzhòngzǐ 》zhōng “zhòng kě huái yě ，rén zhī duō yán ，yì kě wèi yě ”。yì zài biǎodá ，rúguǒ jìnguó bù fàng wèihóu ，jiāng huì yǐnqǐ zhòng nù ，bùdàn yǐngxiǎng jìnguó guówēi yě qiānlián jìnhóu xíngxiàng ，rén yán kě wèi ā 。zhìcǐ ，jīngguò duō lún “yín shī ”，jìnhóu zhōngyú diǎntóu ，dāying fàngrén 。
The senior officials from the Kingdom of Zheng seized the opportunity to recite the line "You, O Zhong, are to be loved, But the talk of people, Is also to be feared." from Jiang Zhong Zi in the Odes of Zheng in the Book of Songs. This was to express that if the Kingdom of Jin did not release the Duke of Wei, it would inspire the wrath of the people, not only affecting the national prestige of Jin, but also affecting the image of the Marquis of Jin himself, and that gossip is a thing to be feared. At that point, after several rounds of poetry recitation, the Marquis of Jin finally gave the nod and agreed to release him.
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你说得对，我答应你，在考前就会封剑退隐。
nǐ shuō de duì ，wǒ dāying nǐ ，zài kǎo qián jiù huì Fēng jiàn tuìyǐn 。
You're right! I promise you that I will retire before the finals.
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大小姐，姑奶奶，太后娘娘，拜托你，答应我这一次吧！
dàxiǎojiě ，gūnǎinai ，tàihòuniángniang ，bàituō nǐ ，dāying wǒ zhè yícì ba ！
A: Hey Miss Thing, please, can you just agree this once!
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我都不怕丢脸了，你怕什么？你就答应我吧！你不点头我就不起来。
wǒ dōu bù pà diū liǎn le ，nǐ pà shénme ？nǐ jiù dāying wǒ ba ！nǐ bù diǎntóu wǒ jiù bù qǐlái 。
A: I'm not afraid of embarrassment, what are you afraid of? Just say yes! I'm not getting up until you nod.
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他不可能今天就答应停建工厂的！我们要引起社会大众的注意，要让大家知道这些商人非法砍树，所以我们自己不能做非法的事。
tā bùkěnéng jīntiān jiù dāying tíngjiàn gōngchǎng de ！wǒmen yào yǐnqǐ shèhuì dàzhòng de zhùyì ，yào ràng dàjiā zhīdào zhèxiē shāngrén fēifǎ kǎn shù ，suǒyǐ wǒmén zìjǐ bùnéng zuò fēifǎ de shì 。
They won't agree to halt construction today! We have to get the attention of the public, to let them know that these business people are cutting down trees illegally, so we can't engage in illegal behavior ourselves.
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大哥，嫂子答应你求婚了吗？
dàgē ，sǎozi dāying nǐ qiúhūn le ma ？
Big brother, did sister-in-law accept your proposal?
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我没有答应他的求婚。现在后悔了。
wǒ méiyǒu dāying tā de qiúhūn 。xiànzài hòuhuǐ le 。
I didn't accept his marriage proposal. Now I regret it.
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上周我请他帮忙弄两张票，他很爽快地答应了。结果到现在都没弄到。
shàngzhōu wǒ qǐng tā bāngmáng nòng liǎng zhāng piào ，tā hěn shuǎngkuài de dāying le 。jiéguǒ dào xiànzài dōu méi nòng dào 。
Last week I asked him to help me get two tickets, and he agreed to help immediately. But now, he still hasn't done it.
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跟北方人比，南方人就比较小心谨慎。如果做不到，就不会答应别人。
gēn běifāngrén bǐ ，nánfāngrén jiù bǐjiào xiǎoxīn jǐnshèn 。rúguǒ zuò bu dào ，jiù bù huì dāying biérén 。
Compared to Northerners, Southerners are more cautious. If they can't do something, then they won't agree to do it.
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