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给你点颜色看看

gěi nǐ diǎn yán sè kàn kandictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(I'll) teach you a lesson / put you in your place
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-8c2d9ff0e7167d23. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

給你點顏色看看 给你点颜色看看 [gei3 ni3 dian3 yan2 se4 kan4 kan5] /(I'll) teach you a lesson/put you in your place/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 給你點顏色看看

  • 给
    gěi

    to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier)

    jǐ

    (bound form) to supply / to provide / (literary) sufficient / abundant

  • 你
    nǐ

    you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nín]) / you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

  • 点
    diǎn

    to touch briefly / to tap / to mark with a dot / to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc) / to select / to mention / to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at / to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc) / to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement / to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point / dot / spot / speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount / a bit / (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

  • 颜
    yán

    color / face / countenance

    Yán

    surname Yan

  • 色
    sè

    color / CL:種|种[zhǒng] / look / appearance / sex

    shǎi

    (coll.) color / used in 色子[shǎi zi]

  • 看
    kān

    to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

    kàn

    to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for

  • 看
    kān

    to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

    kàn

    to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.