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得罪 (dé zuì): Offend (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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得罪 consists of 2 characters.

crime, sin, guilt

How to Use 得罪 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 得罪 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

dé得

zuì罪

rén人

neutral

offend people

dé得

zuì罪

lǐng领

dǎo导

neutral

offend the boss

Verb + Verbwith怕

pà怕

dé得

zuì罪

neutral

afraid to offend

Adverb + Verbwith无意

wú无

yì意

dé得

zuì罪

Verb + Complementwith不起

dé得

zuì罪

bu不

qǐ起

Example Sentences with 得罪

wǒ我

shuō说

huà话

bù不

xiǎo小

xīn心

，

neutral

offend unintentionally

informal

Spoken

cannot afford to offend

dé

得

zuì罪

le了

tā他

。

I spoke carelessly and offended him.

tā他

shuō说

huà话

tài太

zhí直

jiē接

，

bù不

xiǎo小

xīn心

dé得

zuì罪

le了

kè客

hù户

。

He spoke too directly and unintentionally offended the client.

wèi为

le了

jiān坚

chí持

yuán原

zé则

，

tā他

nìng宁

kě可

mào冒

zhe着

dé得

zuì罪

shàng上

sī司

de的

fēng风

xiǎn险

。

To uphold his principles, he would rather risk offending his superior.

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nǐ你

gāng刚

cái才

de的

wán玩

xiào笑

huà话

，

shì是

bu不

shì是

wú无

yì意

zhōng中

dé得

zuì罪

le了

nà那

wèi位

xīn新

tóng同

shì事

？

Did your joke just now unintentionally offend that new colleague?

tā他

yīn因

wèi为

gōng工

zuò作

shī失

wù误

，

dé得

zuì

zài在

chǔ处

lǐ理

jiū纠

fēn纷

shí时

，

tā他

jìn尽

lì

wǒ我

cóng从

wèi未

xiǎng想

guò过

yào要

dé得

zuì罪

nǐ你

zài在

tǎo讨

lùn论

zhōng中

，

tā她

zhí直

yán言

bù不

huì

zài在

pài派

duì对

shàng上

，

tā他

yīn因

wèi为

jù拒

jué

罪

le了

kè客

hù户

。

He offended the client due to a work mistake.

力

bù不

piān偏

tǎn袒

rèn任

hé何

yì一

fāng方

，

yǐ以

miǎn免

de得

zuì罪

rén人

。

When handling disputes, he tried not to favor any side to avoid offending people.

，

gāng刚

cái才

de的

huà话

chún纯

shǔ属

wù误

huì会

。

I never intended to offend you; what I said just now was purely a misunderstanding.

讳

，

wú无

yì意

jiān间

dé得

zuì罪

le了

tóng同

shì事

。

During the discussion, she spoke bluntly and inadvertently offended her colleague.

绝

hē喝

jiǔ酒

，

chà差

diǎn点

dé得

zuì罪

le了

rè热

qíng情

de的

zhǔ主

rén人

。

At the party, he almost offended the enthusiastic host by refusing to drink.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 得罪.

Words with 得

觉得jué deHSK 2
记得jì deHSK 3
值得zhí deHSK 4
得意dé yìHSK 4
获得huò déHSK 4
不得不bù dé bùHSK 4
来得及lái de jíHSK 4
不得了bù dé liǎoHSK 5

Words with 罪

受罪shòu zuì
犯罪fàn zuì
罪孽zuì niè
罪恶zuì è
罪犯zuìfàn
赦罪shè zuì
罪魁祸首zuìkuí-huòshǒu