Verboffend; displease

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 得罪.
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罪 stroke order svg

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Character Breakdown

得罪 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 得罪 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 得罪 with other words naturally.
Verb + Object
zuì
rén
neutral
offend people
zuì
lǐng
dǎo
neutral
offend the boss
Verb + Verbwith
zuì
neutral
afraid to offend
Adverb + Verbwith无意
zuì
neutral
offend unintentionally
Verb + Complementwith不起
zuì
informalSpoken
cannot afford to offend

Example Sentences with 得罪

shuō
huà
xiǎo
xīn
zuì
le
I spoke carelessly and offended him.
wèi
le
jiān
chí
yuán
nìng
mào
zhe
zuì
shàng
de
fēng
xiǎn
To uphold his principles, he would rather risk offending his superior.
gāng
cái
de
wán
xiào
huà
shì
bu
shì
zhōng
zuì
le
wèi
xīn
tóng
shì
Did your joke just now unintentionally offend that new colleague?
yīn
wèi
gōng
zuò
shī
zuì
le
He offended the client due to a work mistake.
zài
chǔ
jiū
fēn
shí
jìn
piān
tǎn
rèn
fāng
miǎn
de
zuì
rén
When handling disputes, he tried not to favor any side to avoid offending people.
cóng
wèi
xiǎng
guò
yào
zuì
gāng
cái
de
huà
chún
shǔ
huì
I never intended to offend you; what I said just now was purely a misunderstanding.
zài
tǎo
lùn
zhōng
zhí
yán
huì
jiān
zuì
le
tóng
shì
During the discussion, she spoke bluntly and inadvertently offended her colleague.
zài
pài
duì
shàng
yīn
wèi
jué
jiǔ
chà
diǎn
zuì
le
qíng
de
zhǔ
rén
At the party, he almost offended the enthusiastic host by refusing to drink.