day 21quarrels and grudges

quarrels and grudges

Talk about quarrels, rifts and grudges, betrayal and bullying, and tell a friend a home truth gently with 不是我说你.

today’s words

• 仇 chóu · grudge, hatred
• 仇人 chóurén · enemy
• 报仇 bàochóu · to take revenge
• 报复 bàofù · to retaliate, to get back at
• 恩怨 ēnyuàn · old scores, grievances
• 敌视 díshì · to be hostile towards
• 隔阂 géhé · barrier, estrangement
• 裂痕 lièhén · rift, crack
• 破裂 pòliè · to break down, to burst
• 疏远 shūyuǎn · distant; to drift apart
• 断绝 duànjué · to sever, to break off
• 冷落 lěngluò · to cold-shoulder; deserted
• 排斥 páichì · to exclude, to reject
• 孤立 gūlì · isolated; to isolate
• 抛弃 pāoqì · to abandon
• 嫌弃 xiánqì · to look down on, to dislike (and avoid)
• 小看 xiǎokàn · to underestimate, to look down on
• 侮辱 wǔrǔ · to insult
• 冒犯 màofàn · to offend
• 得罪 dézuì · to offend, to get on the wrong side of
• 怠慢 dàimàn · to neglect (a guest), to be rude to
• 亏待 kuīdài · to treat unfairly, to short-change
• 辜负 gūfù · to let down, to fail to live up to
• 背叛 bèipàn · to betray
• 出卖 chūmài · to sell out, to betray
• 欺负 qīfu · to bully
• 刁难 diāonàn · to make things difficult for
• 过不去 guòbuqù · to give someone a hard time; to get stuck
• 作对 zuòduì · to oppose, to set oneself against
• 斗 dòu · to fight, to contend
• 挑拨 tiǎobō · to stir up trouble, to sow discord
• 挑衅 tiǎoxìn · to provoke
• 惹 rě · to provoke, to cause (trouble)
• 叫板 jiàobǎn · to challenge (openly)
• 起哄 qǐhòng · to heckle, to jeer; to egg on

sentences

• 不是我说你，你这样说话很容易得罪人。 · I hate to say it, but talking like that, you’re bound to offend people.
• 不是我说你，你对客人也太怠慢了。 · I hate to say it, but you were really rude to our guests.
• 两家人的恩怨持续了几十年。 · The feud between the two families went on for decades.
• 误会不说清楚，就会变成隔阂。 · If a misunderstanding isn’t cleared up, it turns into a wall between people.
• 谈判破裂以后，两家公司成了仇人。 · After the talks broke down, the two companies became enemies.