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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

抱怨 [bàoyuàn]
  1. 1. verb complain
    多干点实事,少一点抱怨
    Get on with it and stop grumbling.
    抱怨不平等的待遇。
    She complained about the unfair treatment.
    小男孩抱怨说爸爸脾气坏。
    The little boy complained that his dad had a bad temper.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

抱怨 [bàoyuàn]
  1. 1. complain; grumble;moan
    抱怨自己的工资低。
    He grumbled about his low pay.
    不要总是抱怨别人对你帮助不够。
    Don't always complain that you haven't been given enough help.
  2. 2. complaint; grievance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

抱怨 [bàoyuàn]
  1. 1. 埋怨
    他做了错事不从自身找原因,却抱怨这个,抱怨那个。
  2. 2. 跟"报怨"意义不同。

Examples

不要总是抱怨别人对你帮助不够。
Don't always complain that you haven't been given enough help.
没有理由抱怨
have no grounds for complaint
她总是埋怨自己不好,从不抱怨别人。
She always puts the blame on herself, and never on others.
他虽然每日抱怨,也无可奈何了。
Grumble as he might, he had to put up with it.
老李常抱怨:到这岁数儿,还有啥熬头儿啊!
Lao Li used to complain a lot about seeing no future because of his age.
小明不住地抱怨:这么苛重的作业,怎么可能完成呢?
Xiaoming is continuously complaining: "how can it be possible to finish so much homework?"
他仰望天空狂呼,抱怨命运的不公平!
Looking up at the sky, he shouts and complains about the unfairness of fate.

Collocations

抱怨别人
complain about somebody
抱怨不已
always be complaining
抱怨
wail; shriek
不停抱怨
never stop complaining

Word Decomposition


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