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对待

duì dài · dui dai

Traditional 對待

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to treat
  2. treatment
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How to treat a plant

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)要(yào)好好(hǎohǎo)对待(duìdài)这(zhè)盆(pén)花(huā)。

    You should treat this plant properly.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)都(dōu)好好(hǎohǎo)对待(duìdài)它(tā)。

    I have always treated it properly.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)它(tā)为什么(wèishénme)叶子(yèzi)黄(huáng)了(le)？

    Then why have its leaves turned yellow?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)每天(měitiān)和(hé)它(tā)说话(shuōhuà)，还(hái)给(gěi)它(tā)唱歌(chànggē)。

    I talk to it every day and sing to it.

  5. Dengdeng

    它(tā)可能(kěnéng)想要(xiǎngyào)水(shuǐ)，不是(bùshì)歌(gē)。

    Maybe it wants water, not songs.

  6. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)我(wǒ)对待(duìdài)它(tā)的(de)方式(fāngshì)不(bù)对(duì)！

    So the way I treat it is wrong!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)必(bì)须(xū)公(gōng)平(píng)地(de)对(duì)待(dài)这(zhè)些(xiē)人(rén)。

We must deal fairly with these people.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)不(bù)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)他(tā)怎(zěn)么(me)对(duì)待(dài)他(tā)人(rén)。

I do not like the way he treats others.

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

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对
duì

right; correct; towards; at; for

待
dài

to wait; to treat

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