jiāo​dài HSK5

to confess

交代 jiāo​dài
to confess verb
To admit to one's crimes or mistakes; to give a full account of a wrongdoing.

He admitted everything.

to instruct
To give instructions; to brief; to tell someone what to do
to hand over
To transfer duties or responsibilities to a successor or another person.
to finish off
(jocular) To come to an end; to die or be finished off; to meet one's doom.
to explain
To give an account of; to explain one's reasons or motives; to justify oneself
to alternate
To supersede each other; to alternate (of seasons, yin and yang, etc.)

Frequency

Movie subtitles
5.72 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
16.9 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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