talk back; answer back
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to talk back; to answer back; to retort
informal常用于描述在被批评、责骂或争吵时，用言语回击对方。
Fù父
qīn亲
jiào教
xùn训
tā他
shí时
，
tā他
cóng从
bù不
gǎn敢
huán还
kǒu口
。
He never dares to talk back when his father scolds him.
Tā她
pí脾
qì气
huǒ火
bào爆
，
shéi谁
mà骂
tā她
yī一
jù句
，
tā她
lì立
kè刻
huán还
kǒu口
shí十
jù句
。
She has a hot temper; if someone scolds her once, she immediately retorts ten times.
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Tā他
bèi被
mà骂
dé得
yǎ哑
kǒu口
wú无
yán言
，
bàn半
tiān天
shuō说
bù不
chū出
huà话
lái来
huán还
kǒu口
。
He was scolded into speechlessness and couldn't utter a word to answer back.
Duì对
yú于
zhè这
zhǒng种
wú无
duān端
de的
zhǐ指
zé责
，
tā他
yǒu有
lǐ理
yóu由
huán还
kǒu口
zhēng争
biàn辩
。
He has the right to answer back and argue against such baseless accusations.