讨厌 (討厭)
tǎo yàn
Pinyin
Definition
讨厌 (討厭)
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- to dislike
- to loathe
- disagreeable
- troublesome
- annoying
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
不厌其烦
- 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
- 2 to take great pains
- 3 to be very patient
南征北讨
- 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
吃力不讨好
- 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
喜新厌旧
- 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
学而不厌
- 1 study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
Sample Sentences
人家就最讨厌搭飞机了嘛。要去西方国家都要搭很久的飞机,真讨厌。
Some people just don't like taking flights. If you want to go to Western countries you have to take a really long flight, it's a real pain.
天气冷倒不担心,就怕一入冬,讨厌的雾霾天气又要来了。
I am not that worried about cold weather, I'm just afraid that as soon as winter comes, the horrible smog will come again.
讨厌,狗嘴里吐不出象牙。我都快胖死了,你还在那儿说风凉话。
You're so annoying. What can you expect from a hog but a grunt. I am really really fat and you're there making light of things.
我才不要,旁边都是不认识的人,在同一个池子里,多不好意思啊,怪讨厌的。
No way is that for me. I don't like to be in the same pool beside people I don't even know, it's embarrassing, and such a pain.
我讨厌我现在的生活。
I hate my life right now.
他生下来就很有人缘,大家都喜欢跟他在一起,几乎没有人讨厌他。
Since he was born he's been popular. Everyone likes hanging around with him. Almost no one dislikes him.
我最讨厌人插队了,所以我自个儿不能做这种事,否则我会看不起我自己。
I hate it when people cut in line, so I can't do it myself, otherwise I wouldn't respect myself.
不行不行,我讨厌他身上的烟味儿,才不给他买呢!
No way. I hate him smelling like cigarettes. I am definitely not buying that for him!
哪个老朋友?她很讨厌吗?
Which old friend? Is she very annoying?
又是讨厌的数学课。哎,王小明,我们放学后去踢球吧。
It's the dreaded math class again. Agh, Wang Xiao Ming, after we get out of school let's go play soccer.