狡赖

狡賴
jiǎolài
to deny (through sophism)

CEDICT

to deny by resorting to sophistry

Wiktionary

狡辩抵赖。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 狡 jiǎo
  1. crafty
  2. cunning
  3. sly
=2 赖 lài
  1. to depend on
  2. to hang on in a place
  3. bad
  4. to renege (on promise)
  5. to disclaim
  6. to rat (on debts)
  7. rascally
  8. to blame
  9. to put the blame on
=2 赖 lài variant of 赖 lài

Related entries

打赖 dǎlài
  1. to deny
  2. to disclaim
  3. to disavow
改嘴 gǎizuǐ
  1. to deny
  2. to go back on one's word
否 fǒu
  1. to negate
  2. to deny
  3. not
和一个只说"是"与"否"的人维持一段对话是很难的。

It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says "yes" and "no".

Source: Tatoeba

否定 fǒudìng
  1. to negate
  2. to deny
  3. to reject
  4. negative (answer)
  5. negation
他怎麼否定上帝的存在。

How can he deny God's existence?

Source: Tatoeba

否认 fǒurèn
  1. to declare to be untrue
  2. to deny
她否認見過他。

She denied having met him.

Source: Tatoeba

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