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交代

jiāo dài · jiao dai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to transfer (duties to sb else)
  2. to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
  3. to explain; to give an account; to brief
  4. to confess; to account for oneself
  5. (jocular) to come to a bad end
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Do not water too much

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)明天(míngtiān)出差(chūchāi)，花(huā)就(jiù)交给(jiāogěi)你(nǐ)了(le)。

    I am going on a business trip tomorrow. I leave the flowers to you.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，你(nǐ)有(yǒu)什么(shénme)要(yào)交代(jiāodài)的(de)吗(ma)？

    OK. Is there anything you want to tell me?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)交代(jiāodài)一(yī)件(jiàn)事(shì)：别(bié)浇(jiāo)太(tài)多(duō)水(shuǐ)。

    I only have one instruction: do not water too much.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)记住(jìzhu)了(le)，你(nǐ)放心(fàngxīn)。

    OK, I will remember. Don't worry.

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)交代(jiāodài)什么(shénme)了(le)？

    What did I just tell you?

  6. Dengdeng

    啊(a)……别(bié)浇(jiāo)太(tài)多(duō)水(shuǐ)？还是(háishi)别(bié)浇(jiāo)太(tài)少(shǎo)水(shuǐ)？

    Ah... don't water too much? Or was it too little?

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01

把(bǎ)玛(mǎ)丽(lì)交(jiāo)代(dài)你(nǐ)去(qù)做(zuò)的(de)事(shì)告(gào)诉(su)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)。

Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

出(chū)发(fā)前(qián)，经(jīng)理(lǐ)交(jiāo)代(dài)我(wǒ)们(men)带(dài)好(hǎo)证(zhèng)件(jiàn)。

Before setting off, the manager instructed us to bring our documents.

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