plead for mercy; intercede on someone's behalf
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to plead for mercy; to intercede on someone's behalf
informalOften involves asking someone in a position of power to forgive or show leniency to a third party. The spoken variant with '儿' (shuōqíngr) is common.
Hái孩
zi子
fàn犯
le了
cuò错
，
tā他
mā妈
ma妈
qù去
lǎo老
shī师
nà那
er儿
shuō说
qíng情
。
The child made a mistake, so his mother went to intercede with the teacher.
Tā他
tuō托
le了
hǎo好
jǐ几
ge个
rén人
wèi为
dì弟
di弟
shuō说
qíng情
，
xī希
wàng望
miǎn免
chú除
fá罚
kuǎn款
。
He asked several people to plead for his younger brother, hoping to get the fine waived.
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Zhè这
shì事
er儿
wǒ我
shuō说
le了
bù不
suàn算
，
nǐ你
děi得
zhǎo找
lǐng领
dǎo导
shuō说
qíng情
。
I don't have the final say in this matter; you need to plead with the boss.
Nǐ你
bāng帮
wǒ我
qù去
gēn跟
jīng经
lǐ理
shuō说
ge个
qíng情
，
ràng让
wǒ我
qǐng请
liǎng两
tiān天
jià假
ba吧
。
Please help me intercede with the manager so I can take two days off.