赖

lài

variant of 賴|赖[lai4]

slash (剌) + shell/money (贝) = to rely on, to blame

贝 (cowrie shell, money) carries the meaning — think of clinging to wealth or blaming others for its loss. 剌 gives the lài sound and does not contribute semantically.

剌+贝→赖
剌A slashingPhonetic
贝Cowrie shellSemantic

他总是赖在床上不起来。

tā zǒng shì lài zài chuáng shang bù qǐ lái。

He always lingers lazily in bed and won't get up.

你不能赖账,借的钱要还。

nǐ bù néng lài zhàng,jiè de qián yào huán。

You can't deny your debt; money you borrowed must be repaid.

Words with 赖

有赖于

yǒu lài yú

see 有賴|有赖[you3 lai4]

无赖

wú lài

hoodlum

赖比瑞亚

lài bǐ ruì yà

Liberia (Tw)

达赖喇嘛

dá lài lǎ ma

Dalai Lama

达赖

dá lài

the Dalai Lama

赖账

lài zhàng

to renege on a debt

不赖

bù lài

(coll.) not bad

仰赖

yǎng lài

to rely on

依赖

yī lài

to depend on; to be dependent on

依赖注入

yī lài zhù rù

(software engineering) dependency injection

信赖

xìn lài

to trust

信赖区间

xìn lài qū jiān

(statistics) confidence interval

More characters with 剌

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