发卡

發卡
fākǎ / fàqiǎ
verb #27,173

Meanings

  1. 1 to issue a card
  2. 2 to reject someone romantically

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè jiā yínháng gěi xīn kèhù miǎnfèi fākǎ.
This bank issues cards to new customers free of charge.
HSK 5
Bànwán shǒuxù yǐhòu, yínháng huì mǎshàng fākǎ.
Once the paperwork is done, the bank issues the card straight away.
HSK 7-9
Tā gēn tā biǎobái, jiéguǒ bèi fākǎ le.
He told her how he felt and got turned down.

Tips

mistakes
Two different words share these characters, and traditional writing keeps them apart. Issuing a card is 发卡, written 發卡. A hair clip is 发卡, written 髮卡, because that means hair.
culture
Turning down a suitor is described as handing out a 好人卡, a 'nice person card', so 发卡 means being told you are a lovely person and nothing more.

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