死乞白赖

Traditional form:

死乞白賴

Pinyin (reading):

sǐqibáilài

Definitions:

• to pester someone again and again

Characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 乞 - to beg; to request
• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 赖 - to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor

Traditional characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 乞 - to beg; to request
• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 賴 - to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor