讨人 (討人)
tǎo rén
Pinyin
Definition
讨人 (討人)
-
- (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
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
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
火车上经常能碰到各种各样的人。因为空间很小嘛。就是说很多人都是面对面面对面的,你肯定要认识他们。特别是小朋友,讨人喜欢的话,肯定会,经常会有有人来逗你呀,和你说话这种样子。挺有意思的。
You could often bump into all different kinds of people on the train. Because you had such a small space. That is to say, a lot of people were face to face. You'd definitely get to know them. Especially with little kids, if you're cute, you'd definitely have people coming over to tease you, talk to you and such. It was really fun.