讨 (討) tǎo

1. tǎo verb to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 找 (Guoyu '討' v 6)
2. tǎo verb to ask for; to beg
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 请求 (Guoyu '討' v 3; Unihan '討')
3. tǎo verb to demand
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 索取 (Guoyu '討' v 2; Unihan '討')
4. tǎo verb to marry
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 娶 (Guoyu '討' v 5; Unihan '討')
5. tǎo verb to punish; to go on a punitive expedition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 征伐 (Guoyu '討' v 1; Durrant, Li, and Schaberg 2016, p. xxii)
6. tǎo verb to provoke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 招惹 (Guoyu '討' v 4)
7. tǎo verb to investigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 研究 (Guoyu '討' v 7)

Contained in

• 讨底(討底) to enquire; to demand details
• 讨俏(討俏) deliberately provocative; saucy
• 讨贼(討賊) defeat the bandits
• 讨米(討米) to beg for food
• 讨债(討債) to demand repayment of a debt
• 讨论会(討論會) symposium; discussion forum
• 讨饭(討飯) to ask for food; to beg
• 诛暴讨逆(誅暴討逆) to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
• 讨究(討究) to investigate
• 申讨(申討) to denounce
• 拼命讨好(拼命討好) to throw oneself at somebody or something; to bend over backwards to help
• 讨好卖乖(討好賣乖) to curry favor by showing obeisance
• 讨嫌(討嫌) disagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck
• 讨拍(討拍) to seek sympathy
• 讨便宜(討便宜) to look for a bargain; to seek advantage; to try to gain at expense of others
• 讨账(討賬) to demand payment; to collect overdue payment
• 宜诛讨(宜誅討) deserve to be punished
• 讨厌鬼(討厭鬼) disgusting person; slob
• 乞讨(乞討) to beg
• 讨好(討好) to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on somebody; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
• 公开讨论会(公開討論會) open forum
• 奉承讨好(奉承討好) to curry favor; to get the desired outcome by flattery
• 学术研讨会(學術研討會) academic conference; symposium
• 诛讨(誅討) to punish
• 讨人(討人) girl trafficked into a brothel to work as prostitute
• 讨平(討平) to put down (an uprising); to pacify
• 沿波讨源(沿波討源) to follow a river to seek the source
• 讨厌(討厭) to hate; to dislike; to find disgusting
• 讨巧(討巧) to act cleverly to get what one desires; to get the best at least expense
• 讨保(討保) to ask for bail money
• 讨取(討取) to ask for; to demand
• 费力不讨好(費力不討好) arduous and thankless task; strenuous and unrewarding
• 讨饶(討饒) to beg for mercy; to ask for forgiveness
• 讨人喜欢(討人喜歡) to attract people's affection; charming; delightful
• 讨帐(討帳) to demand payment
• 索讨(索討) to demand; to claim
• 探讨(探討) to investigate; to probe
• 讨价还价(討價還價) to haggle back and forth; bargain and counter-offer ; to negotiate over and over
• 吃力不讨好(吃力不討好) arduous and thankless task; strenuous and unrewarding
• 沿流讨源(沿流討源) to follow a stream to seek the source
• 讨乞(討乞) to go begging; to ask for alms
• 讨生活(討生活) to eke out a living; to live from hand to mouth; to drift aimlessly
• 研讨(研討) discussion
• 自讨苦吃(自討苦吃) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
• 讨论(討論) to discuss; to talk over
• 讨人嫌(討人嫌) unpleasant; disagreeable
• 声讨(聲討) to denounce; to condemn
• 东征西讨(東征西討) war on all sides; fighting from all four quarters
• 讨还(討還) to ask for something back; to recover

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Truncated for common words

• 卷9 肅宗紀 Volume 9 Annals: Suzong (Emperor Xiaoming) Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 53
• 卷一百〇 列傳第七十 王彌 張昌 陳敏 王如 杜曾 杜弢 王機 祖約 蘇峻 孫恩 盧循 譙縱 Volume 100 Biographies 70: Wang Mi; Zhang Chang; Chen Min; Wang Ru; Du Ceng; Du Tao; Wang Ji; Zu Yue; Su Jun; Sun En; Lu Xun; Qiao Zong Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 38
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 37
• 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 卷九十八　列傳第八十六:　蠕蠕 匈奴宇文莫槐 徒何段就六眷 高車 Volume 98 Biographies 86: Rouran, Yuwen Mohuai Xiongnu, Duanliu Liujuan, Gaoche History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 36
• 卷30 王建 安同 樓伏連 丘堆 娥清 劉尼 奚眷 車伊洛等 Volume 30: Wang Jian, An Tong, Lou Fulian, Qiu Dui, E Qing, Liu Ni, Xi Juan, Cheyi Luodeng Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 34
• 卷五十五 吳書十 程黃韓蔣周陳董甘淩徐潘丁傳 Volume 55: Book of Wu 10 - Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan, and Ding Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 32
• 卷一百五十四 列傳第四十二 張輔 黃福 劉儁 呂毅 陳洽 李彬 柳升 梁銘 王通 Volume 154 Biographies 42: Zhang Fu, Huang Fu, Liu Jun, Lu Yi, Chen Qia, Li Bin, Liu Sheng, Liang Ming, Wang Tong History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
• 卷七十七 列傳第三十七 柳元景 顏師伯 沈慶之 Volume 77 Biographies 37: Liu Yuanjing, Yan Shibo, Shen Qingzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 32
• 卷六十六　列傳第五十六 杜僧明 周文育 侯瑱 侯安都 歐陽頠 黃法𣰰 淳于量 章昭達 吳明徹 Volume 66 Biographies 56: Du Sengming, Zhou Wenyu, Hou Zhen, Hou Andou, Ouyang Wei, Huang Fa, Chun Yuliang, Zhang Zhaoda, Wu Mingche History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 32

Collocations

• 伯讨 (伯討) 鄭伯討立君者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 11
• 来讨 (來討) 來討 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 9
• 人讨 (人討) 晉人討不用命者 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 8
• 讨有罪 (討有罪) 天討有罪 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 5
• 君讨 (君討) 故從君討之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 讨贰 (討貳) 徵會討貳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 讨卫 (討衛) 晉討衛故也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 未讨 (未討) 賊未討 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 4
• 以为讨 (以為討) 齊人以為討而止公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 诸侯讨 (諸侯討) 寡人以諸侯討而戮之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3