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信赖

xìnlài

to trust

A person leans back trustingly into another's arms
Memory picture

Characters in this word

信 xìn

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 言 words, speech

赖 lài

Strokes
13
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
剌 to slash, to cut in two 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 只有长期保持透明,企业才能赢得消费者的信赖。 Zhǐyǒu chángqī bǎochí tòumíng, qǐyè cái néng yíngdé xiāofèizhě de xìnlài. Only by remaining transparent over the long term can a company win consumers' trust.
  • 孩子们都很信赖这位温柔的老师。 Háizimen dōu hěn xìnlài zhè wèi wēnróu de lǎoshī. The children all trust this gentle teacher very much.
  • 他做事认真可靠,是大家都信赖的好同事。 Tā zuò shì rènzhēn kěkào, shì dàjiā dōu xìnlài de hǎo tóngshì. He works conscientiously and reliably, and is a good colleague everyone can count on.

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