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  • v.speak sarcastically or ironically; deride

    • yǒu yì jiàn jiù zhí shuō bù yào wā ku bié rén

      意见挖苦别人

      Cut all the sarcasm. Be straightforward if you have anything to say.

    • zhè shì tā zài wā ku wǒ

      挖苦

      That's her having a dig at me.

    • nà jù huà shì wā ku wǒ de

      挖苦

      That was a dig at me.

    • tā wā ku de yǔ yán cì shāng le tā de xū róng xīn

      挖苦语言刺伤虚荣心

      Her sarcasm wounded her vanity.

    • wā ku mǒu rén

      挖苦某人

      dig at somebody

    • tā guàn yú wā ku rén

      惯于挖苦

      She was given to sarcasm.

    • tā zǒng shì guǎi wān mò jiǎo de wā ku wǒ

      总是拐弯抹角挖苦

      She kept making sly little digs at me.