粵

報bou3復fuk6

simp报复
bou3 fuk6bào fù

English

  1. to make reprisals; to retaliate
  2. to retaliate; to take revenge
  3. revenge; retaliation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 被人冒犯或者傷害時,對呢啲人做返一啲傷害佢哋嘅嘢

Examples

  • 啲恐怖分子威脅話如果警方唔釋放佢哋嘅領袖,佢哋就會報復。

    The terrorists threatened to retaliate if the police did not release their leader.

  • 我哋描述咗啲工人唔肯發聲嘅原因,例如認為管理層唔會根據佢哋嘅意見採取行動,定係擔心喺績效管理過程入面受到報復。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 他对杀父凶手进行了报复。

    He avenged the murder of his father.

    Tatoeba · peipei CC BY

  • 燕大侠发现自己被骗了他飞到了江枫的旁边,他抱走江枫的儿子。燕大侠誓言报复,他把男孩给了一个香料商人。

    Yan Daxia realised he had been lied to and flew to Jiang Feng's side. He took Jiang Feng's son and left. Yan Daxia vowed revenge and left the boy with a spice merchant.

    Tatoeba · hamsolo474 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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