交代

shì tā jiāo dài zhè yàng bàn de

是她交代这样办的。

She left instructions to do it this way.

tā yī zài jiāo dài wǒ men yào zhù yì gōng chéng zhì liàng

她一再交代我们要注意工程质量。

She repeatedly exhorted us to pay attention to the quality of the project.

chǎng zhǎng yī zài jiāo dài wǒ men yào zhù yì ān quán shēng chǎn

厂长一再交代我们要注意安全生产。

The factory director repeatedly told us to ensure safety in production.

zhè yàng cái néng xiàng rén mín jiāo dài

这样才能向人民交代。

This way one can justify it to the people.

zhè ge wèn tí nǐ zěn me jiāo dài

这个问题你怎么交代？

How are you going to account for this?

nǐ bù hǎo hǎo xué xí zěn me xiàng jiě jie jiāo dài

你不好好学习，怎么向姐姐交代？

How can you account to your sisiter if you don't study hard?

tā yǒu xǔ duō zuì xíng méi jiāo dài

她有许多罪行没交代。

There are many crimes to which she has not confessed.

jù tā zì jǐ jiāo dài tā cān yù le nà cì qiǎng jié

据她自己交代，她参与了那次抢劫。

On her own confession, she took part in the robbery.

gè xián yí fàn jiāo dài de nèi róng bù yī zhì

各嫌疑犯交代的内容不一致。

The suspects' stories just don't match up.

bǎ gōng zuò jiāo dài gěi xīn shǒu

把工作交代给新手

hand over work to one's replacement

tā yǐ jiāng gōng zuò jiāo dài qīng le

她已将工作交代清了。

She has handed over her work to her successor.

tā de xiǎo mìng r chà diǎn r jiāo dài le

他的小命儿差点儿交代了。

He almost died.