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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to criticize harshly
  2. to excoriate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    太過​嚴厲​噉​責備
    to make harsh criticism
    • 生意差嗰陣,嗰事頭淨係識得苛責啲員工。
      生意差𠮶阵,𠮶事头净系识得苛责啲员工。
      When the business does not go well, what the boss does is to criticize the workers harshly.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, transitive
    to severely criticise; to blame; to castigate
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    生意差𠮶阵,𠮶事头净系识得苛责啲员工。
    生意差嗰陣,嗰事頭淨係識得苛責啲員工。
    • When the business does not go well, what the boss does is to criticize the workers harshly.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    苛责
    苛責
    kē zé
    • to severely criticise
  2. Mandarin
    见到车子被儿子撞得稀烂,不但毫无苛责,许父甚至送槟榔、香烟给儿子“压惊”。
    見到車子被兒子撞得稀爛,不但毫無苛責,許父甚至送檳榔、香煙給兒子“壓驚”。
    jiàn dào chē zi bèi ér zi zhuàng de xī làn , bù dàn háo wú kē zé , xǔ fù shèn zhì sòng bīn láng , xiāng yān gěi ér zi “ yā jīng ” .
    • Seeing that their son had badly crashed the car, his parents did not blame him at all, and his dad even gave him betel nuts and cigarettes to “help him recover”.