好赖 (hǎo lài) — good and bad, right and wrong

Definition

A fixed pair meaning 'good and bad / right and wrong' — used as a noun (e.g. 不分好赖 'can't tell right from wrong') in moral or evaluative contexts.

noun
good and badright and wrong

Examples

  • 好赖
    Tā zhè me dà de rén hái bù fēn hǎo lài.
    A person his age still can't tell good from bad.
  • 好赖
    Zuò rén yào dǒng de hǎo lài.
    A person should know right from wrong.
  • 好赖
    Zhè jiàn shì de hǎo lài dà jiā xīn lǐ dōu qīng chǔ.
    Everyone is clear about the good and bad of this matter.

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