Definition
贷 has two main verb senses. In financial contexts it means 'to lend' or 'to borrow' money, often appearing in compounds like 贷款 (loan/borrow money) and 借贷 (borrow or lend). In a separate sense, it means 'to shift' or 'to shirk' responsibility, most commonly in the fixed phrase 责无旁贷 (responsibility cannot be shirked).
v.
to lend or borrow (money)to shift or shirk (responsibility)
Examples
- 贷。Yínháng dài gěi tā yì bǐ qián.The bank lent him a sum of money.
- 贷。Tā xiàng yínháng dài le yì bǐ kuǎn.He borrowed a sum of money from the bank.
- 。Zhè jiàn shì wǒ zé wú páng dài.I cannot shirk this responsibility.
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