lài
พึ่งพา; ยากจน; หลอกลวง; ปฏิเสธ
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他赖在床上不起床。
tā lài zài chuáng shàng bù qǐ chuáng.
He refused to get out of bed.
他赖账不还。
tā lài zhàng bù huán.
He refused to pay his debts.
他赖皮赖脸地求我。
tā lài pí lài liǎn de qíu wǒ.
He begged me shamelessly.
勤 (qín)
diligent
俭 (jiǎn)
thrifty
The Chinese character 赖 (lài) is composed of two parts: the radical 赖 (lài), which means "to rely on" or "to depend on", and the phonetic component 赖 (lài), which is pronounced similarly to the radical. The character 赖 (lài) first appeared in oracle bone script, the earliest form of Chinese writing, and its original meaning was "to rely on" or "to depend on". Over time, the meaning of 赖 (lài) expanded to include the meanings of "to trust", "to believe in", and "to rely on". In modern Chinese, 赖 (lài) is most commonly used in the sense of "to rely on" or "to depend on", but it can also be used in the sense of "to trust" or "to believe in". For example, the phrase 赖以生存 (lài yǐ shēngcún) means "to rely on for survival", while the phrase 赖以为生 (lài yǐ wéi shēng) means "to trust in for a living".
