lài

variant of 賴|赖[lai4]

slash (剌) + shell/money (贝) = to rely on, to blame

贝 (cowrie shell, money) carries the meaning — think of clinging to wealth or blaming others for its loss. 剌 gives the lài sound and does not contribute semantically.

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A slashingPhonetic
Cowrie shellSemantic

他总是在床上不起来。

tā zǒng shì lài zài chuáng shang bù qǐ lái。

He always lingers lazily in bed and won't get up.

你不能账,借的钱要还。

nǐ bù néng lài zhàng,jiè de qián yào huán。

You can't deny your debt; money you borrowed must be repaid.

Words with 赖

达赖

dá lài

the Dalai Lama

达赖喇嘛

dá lài lǎ ma

Dalai Lama

赖账

lài zhàng

to renege on a debt

不赖

bù lài

(coll.) not bad

仰赖

yǎng lài

to rely on

依赖

yī lài

to depend on; to be dependent on

依赖注入

yī lài zhù rù

(software engineering) dependency injection

信赖

xìn lài

to trust

信赖区间

xìn lài qū jiān

(statistics) confidence interval

倚赖

yǐ lài

to rely on

克赖斯特彻奇

kè lài sī tè chè qí

Christchurch (New Zealand city)

城市依赖症

chéng shì yī lài zhèng

"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)

More characters with 剌