Definition
怠 is a bound form (cannot stand alone as a word) meaning 'lazy, negligent, or slack'. It appears in compounds such as 怠慢 (to neglect, to treat coldly), 懈怠 (slack, negligent), and 怠工 (to go slow at work, to slack off).
b.f.
(bound form) lazynegligentslack(bound form) to treat coldly (in 怠慢)
Examples
- ，。Tā duì kèrén hěn dài màn, ràng rén hěn bù shūfu.He treated the guests coldly, making people very uncomfortable.
- ，。Gōngzuò bù néng xiè dài, fǒuzé huì chū wèntí.You can't slack off at work, or problems will arise.
- 。Yuángōng men dài gōng kàngyì dī gōngzī.The workers went slow to protest low wages.
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