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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

讨厌 [tǎoyàn]
  1. 1. adjective [可恶] disgusting
  2. 2. adjective [指难办] nasty
  3. 3. verb dislike

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

讨厌 [tǎoyàn]
  1. 1. disagreeable; disgusting; repugnant; repulsive; tiresome; hate;unattractive; unwelcome; annoying; wretched; painful; obnoxious
    每天刮风,真讨厌
    It's been windy every day. What a nuisance!
    讨厌的天气
    abominable weather
  2. 2. hard to handle; troublesome; nasty
    气管炎是很讨厌的病。
    Tracheitis is a nasty illness.
  3. 3. dislike; loathe; be disgusted with
    他是个老油子,谁都讨厌
    He's a wily old bird. Everybody is disgusted by his behaviour.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

讨厌 [tǎoyàn]
  1. 1. 惹人厌烦;令人心烦。
    这人老来纠缠,真讨厌
    咳嗽总治不好,太讨厌了。
  2. 2. 厌恶。
    我最讨厌阿谀奉承。

Examples

讨厌她的忸怩作态。
I'm sick of her affected manners.
惹人讨厌
make a nuisance of oneself
每天刮风,真讨厌
It's been windy every day. What a nuisance!
他是个老油子,谁都讨厌
He's a wily old bird. Everybody is disgusted by his behaviour.
今天出门就遇见了我最讨厌的那个人,真是白日见鬼了。
I ran into the guy I most hate when I was going out today, which was truly annoying.
他总喜欢称大,所以大家都很讨厌他。
Everyone dislikes him because he is always flaunting his seniority.
他爱放暗箭,很让人讨厌
He tends to stab others in the back, which is despised by everyone.
他的孤高自傲实在让人讨厌
His arrogance is so annoying.

Collocations

讨厌
annoying
惹人讨厌
annoying
讨厌死了
to be dying of boredom
讨厌生病
to dislike being ill
讨厌的考试
a tiresome examination
讨厌
annoying

Word Decomposition


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[yàn]

nciku Note

厌恶 and 讨厌

厌恶 and 讨厌
yànwù and tǎoyàn

Both 厌恶 and 讨厌 are verbs meaning “to dislike, to loathe.”

1. 厌恶 means “to disgust, to detest, even hate,” and is mostly used in literature.
(1) 他的举止令人厌恶
(2) 他很厌恶那种趋炎附势的人。

2. 讨厌 is less serious and mainly means “to dislike and be disturbed.”
(1) 我讨厌看这种无聊的电视节目。
(2) 我又把钥匙弄丢了,真讨厌
(3) 我们都很讨厌吃青椒。

“厌恶”和“讨厌”都是动词。都是不喜欢,让人心烦的意思。
1.“厌恶”有对人对事不喜欢、很反感的意思,可达到憎恨的程度,且多用于书面。
2.“讨厌”反感的语气较轻,主要表示不喜欢和令人心烦。

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