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討價還價 haggle over price;
討飯 [tao3fan4]↓;
討賞 ask for tips, gratuities;
討取 ask for s.t.;
討個明白答復 ask for definite reply;
討個公道 ask for justice;
討饒，討人情兒 to beg for pardon, special considerations;
討人家喜歡，討好 ingratiate oneself;
ask for trouble, incur: 討麻煩，討煩惱 ask (gratuitously) for trouble for oneself;
討野火 (MC) risk, incur anger;
討賤 invite contempt;
討人嫌 disgust, -ing: 討厭 [tao3yan4]↓;
討沒趣 do s.t. that will result only in a rebuke or embarrassment;
自討苦吃 walk into trouble;
討巧 try to get s. t. for nothing (討巧的辦法);
討便宜 get a cheap bargain, take advantage of s.t.
(2) To marry: 討親，討老婆，討媳婦 get a wife.
(3) To discuss, study: 討論，討教 [tao3lun4], [tao3jiao4]↓.
(4) To invade with army: 討賊 fight enemy;
see 討伐 [tao3fa1]↓.
(5) To seek: 討頭路，討生活 seek a job, a living.
2.討求 [tao3qiu2], v.i., ask, beg, demand.
3.討情 (兒) [tao3qing2]([er0]), v.i., ask for leniency.
4.討伐 [tao3fa1], v.i., make war on (country, rebels) to vindicate authority.
5.討飯 [tao3fan4], v.i., be beggar: 討飯的 a beggar.
6.討好 [tao2hao3], v.t., to ingratiate oneself with (person); to toady.
7.討教 [tao3jiao4], v.i., ask for advice.
8.討債鬼 [tao3zhai4gui3], n., oft. spoken of children who spend away family fortune or die young and give no recompense to parents for bringing up.
9.討論 [tao3lun4], v.i. & n., discuss, -ion.
10.討饒 [tao3rao2], v.i., ask for pardon.
11.討厭 [tao3yan4], adj., annoying, objectionable, disgusting.
12.討要 [tao3yao4], v.t., demand.