对付
duìfùTraditional: 对付
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Translation
to deal with, to cope with, to make do
Word origin
A compound of 对 (duì, to face, towards) and 付 (fù, to hand over, to deal out), giving the sense of squaring up to and handling something.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 对 (duì, to face) + 付 (fù, to hand over)
Stroke order
对
付
Examples
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This kind of person is hard to deal with.
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I do not know how to cope with this problem.
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There is no proper meal tonight, let us just make do for now.
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He has ways to deal with those troubles.
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The police quickly dealt with the thief.
对付 (duì fù) means to deal with or cope with someone or something tricky, and colloquially to make do with a stopgap. It often carries a slightly grudging or improvised tone.
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