dào dé bǎng jiàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc) / to lay a guilt trip on sb
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Original source entry:

道德綁架 道德绑架 [dao4 de2 bang3 jia4] /to coerce by invoking moral obligations (duty, sacrifice, reciprocation etc); to lay a guilt trip on sb/

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Other forms in these source records: 道德綁架

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

  • 德
    dé

    virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

    Dé

    Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]

  • 绑
    bǎng

    to tie / bind or fasten together / to kidnap

  • 架
    jià

    to support / frame / rack / framework / classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

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