dào​tiē

to lose money instead of being paid

  • created reference approved 倒贴/倒貼 → 倒赔/倒賠 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒贴 / 倒貼 dào​tiē

    倒赔 / 倒賠 dào​péi

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 倒贴/倒貼 · dào​tiē · to lose money instead of being paid — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒贴 / 倒貼

    dào​tiē

    to lose money instead of being paid

    To pay money out of pocket instead of receiving it; to subsidize a cost or unprofitable business that someone else was supposed to pay for.

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 贴 (literal) → 贴/貼 · tiē · to subsidize

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 倒贴/倒貼 · dào​tiē · to support or pursue a man — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒贴 / 倒貼

    dào​tiē

    to support or pursue a man

    (of a woman) to provide financial support to a male lover, or to proactively pursue a man contrary to traditional social norms

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · inverted 贴 (literal) → 贴/貼 · tiē · to subsidize

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense