Chinese–EnglishWith examples
交代
jiāo dài · jiao dai
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to transfer (duties to sb else)
- to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
- to explain; to give an account; to brief
- to confess; to account for oneself
- (jocular) to come to a bad end
In a sentence
2 examples01
把玛丽交代你去做的事告诉汤姆。
Tell Tom what Mary asked you to do.
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02
出发前，经理交代我们带好证件。
Before setting off, the manager instructed us to bring our documents.
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