刁难 | diāo nàn | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult | |
刁钻 | diāo zuān | crafty; tricky | |
刁蛮 | diāo mán | crafty and unruly | |
刁滑 | diāo huá | artful; crafty | |
放刁 | fàng diāo | to act wickedly; to bully; to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions |
1 | They prayed and prayed, but Diao stayed down on all fours and kept crawling back and forth across the room. Nobody could stop him, even if they tied him. | |
2 | To introduce Clear dandruff shampoo to young Chinese, who are already inundated with foreign brands, Ms. Lee' s firm decided to focus on the shampoo' s image. | |
3 | 他描述了他们的活动和战术,而且,对于那些对神造论者的做事方式刁;熟悉的人来说,神造论者的欺骗和扭曲事实的程度可能会令这些人有一种不快的诧异。 He describes their programs and, tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise. |