Definition
好赖 is a colloquial Chinese word with two common uses: (1) as a noun meaning 'good and bad, right and wrong' (e.g., 不分好赖 'can't tell good from bad'); (2) as an adverb meaning 'anyway, regardless' (e.g., 好赖先试试 'try it anyway'). The correct pinyin is hǎo lài (two syllables), not hǎo alone. The source row lists only the noun POS, but the adverb sense is equally frequent. This row has multiple data issues: pinyin is truncated, gloss is empty (#), and the POS may be underspecified.
n
good and badright and wrong
Examples
- 好赖。Tā zhème dà de rén hái bù fēn hǎo.A person his age still can't tell good from bad.
- 好赖。Zuòrén yào dǒngde hǎo.A person should know right from wrong.
- 好赖。Zhè jiàn shì de hǎo dàjiā xīnli dōu qīngchu.Everyone is clear about the good and bad of this matter.
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