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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- back talk
[bæk tɔːk]
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[Spoken]
回嘴,顶嘴(尤指对上级或长辈的顶撞);反唇相讥
Examples
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Don't talk back to your mother.
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不要和你妈妈顶嘴。
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If I were to talk back to him or get angry that would just encourage him more.
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如果我顶嘴或生气的话,只会让他更得意。
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背着人说话
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talk behind sb.'s back
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你不该跟你奶奶顶嘴。
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You shouldn't talk back to your grandmother.
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他一顶嘴更把父亲激怒了。
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His back talk further infuriated his father.
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你这么做事情,不是让别人戳脊梁骨吗?
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Doesn't it make others talk behind your back by doing things like this?
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