讨厌
tǎo yàn
Pinyin

Definition

讨厌
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tǎo yàn
  1. to dislike
  2. to loathe
  3. disagreeable
  4. troublesome
  5. annoying

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

讨厌
tǎo yàn
  1. 1 to dislike
  2. 2 to loathe
  3. 3 disagreeable
  4. 4 troublesome
  5. 5 annoying
讨论
tǎo lùn
  1. 1 to discuss
  2. 2 to talk over
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
不厌
bù yàn
  1. 1 not to tire of
  2. 2 not to object to
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
乞讨
qǐ tǎo
  1. 1 to beg
  2. 2 to go begging
厌世
yàn shì
  1. 1 world-weary
  2. 2 pessimistic
厌倦
yàn juàn
  1. 1 to be weary of
  2. 2 to be fed up with
  3. 3 tedious
厌恶
yàn wù
  1. 1 to loathe
  2. 2 to hate
  3. 3 disgusted with sth
厌烦
yàn fán
  1. 1 bored
  2. 2 fed up with sth
  3. 3 sick of sth
厌食
yàn shí
  1. 1 anorexia
探讨
tàn tǎo
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to probe
检讨
jiǎn tǎo
  1. 1 to examine or inspect
  2. 2 self-criticism
  3. 3 review
讨
tǎo
  1. 1 to invite
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to demand or ask for
  4. 4 to send armed forces to suppress
  5. 5 to denounce or condemn
  6. 6 to marry (a woman)
  7. 7 to discuss or study
讨人
tǎo rén
  1. 1 (old) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
讨人厌
tǎo rén yàn
  1. 1 horrid
讨好
tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 to get the desired outcome
  2. 2 to win favor by fawning on sb
  3. 3 to curry favor with
  4. 4 a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
讨论区
tǎo lùn qū
  1. 1 forum (esp. online)
  2. 2 discussion area
  3. 3 feedback
催讨
cuī tǎo
  1. 1 to demand repayment of debt
兵不厌诈
bīng bù yàn zhà
  1. 1 there can never be too much deception in war
  2. 2 in war nothing is too deceitful
  3. 3 all's fair in war
厌
yàn
  1. 1 to loathe

Idioms (18)

不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 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
xué ér bù yàn
  1. 1 study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
学而不厌，诲人不倦
xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juàn
  1. 1 study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
百读不厌
bǎi dú bù yàn
  1. 1 to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
自讨苦吃
zì tǎo kǔ chī
  1. 1 to ask for trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a rod for one's own back
裒敛无厌
póu liǎn wú yàn
  1. 1 to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
  2. 2 to continually plunder (idiom)
讨好卖乖
tǎo hǎo mài guāi
  1. 1 to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom)
贪婪无厌
tān lán wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪得无厌
tān dé wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪求无厌
tān qiú wú yàn
  1. 1 insatiably greedy (idiom)
贪猥无厌
tān wěi wú yàn
  1. 1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
食不厌精，脍不厌细
shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì
  1. 1 lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
  2. 2 fig. to be fastidious about one's food

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。
rénjiā jiù zuì tǎoyàn dā fēijī le ma 。yào qù xīfāng guójiā dōuyào dā hěnjiǔ de fēijī ，zhēn tǎoyàn 。
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.
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天气冷倒不担心，就怕一入冬，讨厌的雾霾天气又要来了。
tiānqì lěng dào bù dānxīn ，jiù pà yī rù dōng ，tǎoyàn de wùmái tiānqì yòu yào lái le 。
I am not that worried about cold weather, I'm just afraid that as soon as winter comes, the horrible smog will come again.
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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。
tǎoyàn ，gǒuzuǐ li tǔbuchū xiàngyá 。wǒ dōu kuài pàng sǐ le ，nǐ háizài nàr shuō fēngliánghuà 。
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.
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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。
wǒ cái bù yào ，pángbiān dōu shì bù rènshi de rén ，zài tóng yī ge chízi lǐ ，duō bùhǎoyìsi ā ，guài tǎoyàn de 。
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.
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我讨厌我现在的生活。
wǒ tǎoyàn wǒ xiànzài de shēnghuó 。
I hate my life right now.
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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。
tā shēngxiàlai jiù hěn yǒurényuán ，dàjiā dōu xǐhuan gēn tā zàiyīqǐ ，jīhū méiyǒu rén tǎoyàn tā 。
Since he was born he's been popular. Everyone likes hanging around with him. Almost no one dislikes him.
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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。
wǒ zuì tǎoyàn rén chāduì le ，suǒyǐ wǒ zìgěr bùnéng zuò zhèzhǒng shì ，fǒuzé wǒ huì kànbuqǐ wǒ zìjǐ 。
I hate it when people cut in line, so I can't do it myself, otherwise I wouldn't respect myself.
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不行不行，我讨厌他身上的烟味儿，才不给他买呢！
bùxíng bùxíng ，wǒ tǎoyàn tā shēnshàng de yān wèir5 ，cáibù gěi tā mǎi ne ！
No way. I hate him smelling like cigarettes. I am definitely not buying that for him!
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哪个老朋友？她很讨厌吗？
nǎge lǎo péngyou ？tā hěn tǎoyàn ma ？
Which old friend? Is she very annoying?
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又是讨厌的数学课。哎，王小明，我们放学后去踢球吧。
yòu shì tǎoyàn de shùxué kè 。āi ，WángXiǎoMíng ，wǒmen fàngxué hòu qù tī qiú ba 。
It's the dreaded math class again. Agh, Wang Xiao Ming, after we get out of school let's go play soccer.
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