English | Chinese |
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give someone a hard time (tease, kid or rib someone) verb | 取笑 /qǔxiào/verb 戏弄 /xìnòng/verb 戲弄verb 欺負verb 欺负 /qīfù/verb |
give someone five (to slap someone's hand) verb | 击掌 /jīzhǎng/verb 擊掌verb |
give someone the cold shoulder (snub) verb | 不理不睬 /bùlǐbùcǎi/verb 冷淡 /lěngdàn/verb 冷落 /lěngluò/verb |
give someone the creeps (give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright) verb | 讓……毛骨悚然verb |
give someone the eye (show flirtatious signs) verb | |
give someone the shits (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) verb | 气死 /qìsǐ/verb 氣死verb |
give someone the shits (vulgar: to frighten someone) verb | 吓死 /xiàsǐ/verb 嚇死verb 讓……毛骨悚然verb |
have someone's back (be prepared and willing to support or defend someone) verb | 支持 /zhīchí/verb |
in someone's debt (very grateful for something) preposition | 欠某人人情 /qiàn mǒurén rénqíng/preposition |
keep someone company (remain with someone) verb | 陪 /péi/verb 陪伴 /péibàn/verb 陪同 /péitóng/verb |
keep someone posted (inform of latest developments) verb | |
kick someone when they are down (make things worse for someone) verb | |
know someone (have connections) verb | 有关系 /yǒuguānxi/verb 有關係verb |
leave someone on read (read someone's message and not give any response) verb | |
let someone down gently (reject someone in a way that avoids causing hurt) verb | 婉轉地告訴verb 給某人留面子verb |
make someone's blood boil (cause a person to feel angry) verb | |
music to someone's ears (good news; pleasing sound or expression) noun [UK: ˈmjuː.zɪk tuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ɪəz] [US: ˈmjuː.zɪk ˈtuː ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈɪrz] | 令人满意的消息 /lìngrén mǎnyì de xiāoxi/noun 令人滿意的消息noun 佳音 /jiāyīn/noun 像音乐一样悦耳 /xiàng yīnyuè yīyàng yuè'ěr/noun 像音樂一樣悅耳noun |