抵赖

抵賴

dǐlài

verb #22,969

Meanings

1 to deny
2 to refuse to acknowledge
3 to repudiate (what one has done)

Characters

to resist / to offset

to rely on / to blame others / to deny

Examples

他做了坏事还想抵赖，真不要脸。

Tā zuò le huàishì hái xiǎng dǐlài, zhēn bù yào liǎn.

He did something wrong and still wants to deny it — shameless.

证据确凿，他无法抵赖。

Zhèngjù quèzáo, tā wúfǎ dǐlài.

The evidence is solid; he cannot deny it.

Tips

usage

抵赖 implies dishonestly denying wrongdoing despite evidence. It is stronger than simply 否认 (fǒurèn, to deny) — it has a moral connotation of shamelessness.

Stroke Order

抵 dǐ

赖 lài