报答

• 拼音: bào dá
• 汉字拆解: 报 = 扌(hand) + 服 simplified, meaning repay; 答 = 竹 (bamboo) + 合 (join)

含义

Repay; requite. To return kindness, favor, or gratitude to someone who has helped you.

Used for expressing gratitude through actions, especially repaying parents' upbringing (报答父母), teachers' guidance, or benefactors' help. Implies a sense of moral obligation to reciprocate.

例句

1. 我一定要好好学习，将来报答父母的养育之恩。
2. 他一直在寻找机会报答当年救过他的恩人。
3. 你们的帮助我无以报答，只能说声谢谢。

用法指南

语境: family, gratitude, morality

语气: sincere

正确说法

• 我会努力工作来报答你的培养。(I will work hard to repay your guidance.)
• 这份恩情我永远报答不完。(I can never fully repay this kindness.)

错误说法

• 对陌生人的小帮助说'报答'——太正式了，简单说'谢谢'就好 (Don't use 报答 for small favors from strangers — it's too formal; just say 谢谢)

起源与历史

Compound of 报 (report/repay) + 答 (answer/respond), suggesting responding to kindness received.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal