Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.
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交代
jiāo dài
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6
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jiāo dài · gaau1 doi6 (Jyutping)
- to transfer (duties to sb else)
- to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
- to explain; to give an account; to brief
- to confess; to account for oneself
- (jocular) to come to a bad end
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Character breakdown
交
- Meaning
- mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
- Radical
- 亠
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿱六乂
- Cangjie
- YCK
- Four-corner
- 0040.8
代
- Meaning
- replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿰亻弋
- Cangjie
- OIP
- Four-corner
- 2324.0
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