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耍赖

shuǎ lài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 耍賴

耍赖 (shuǎ lài) means "to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 耍赖 means

1. to act shamelessly
2. to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc
3. to act dumb
4. to act as if sth never happened

The characters in 耍赖

• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 赖làito depend on; to hang on in a place; bad

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