tāo

to receive the benefit of

mouth (口) + knife (刀) = receiving a sharp favor

刀 lends the sound tāo; the mouth radical suggests speaking or receiving words of gratitude. The character is used in polite phrases to mean humbly benefiting from another's kindness.

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MouthSemantic

这次能参加聚会,了朋友的光,真的很感谢。

zhè cì néng cān jiā jù huì, tāo le péng you de guāng, zhēn de hěn gǎn xiè。

Being able to attend the gathering this time, I received the benefit of my friend's kindness, and I am truly grateful.

我能住这么好的房子,全是了他的光。

wǒ néng zhù zhème hǎo de fáng zi, quán shì tāo le tā de guāng。

That I get to live in such a nice house is entirely due to receiving the benefit of his good graces.

Words with 叨

劳劳叨叨

láo lao dāo dāo

variant of 嘮嘮叨叨|唠唠叨叨[lao2 lao5 dao1 dao1]

叨叨

dāo dao

to chatter

叨唠

dāo lao

to be chattersome

叨念

dāo niàn

see 念叨[nian4 dao5]

叨扰

tāo rǎo

to bother

唠叨

láo dao

to prattle

唠唠叨叨

láo lao dāo dāo

to chatter

忙忙叨叨

máng mang dāo dāo

in a busy and hasty manner

念叨

niàn dao

to talk about often

磨叨

mò dao

to grumble

神神叨叨

shén shen dāo dāo

see 神神道道[shen2 shen5 dao4 dao4]

絮叨

xù dao

long-winded

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