Gan dai, Gàn dāi, Gǎn dài: 5 definitions

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干呆 [gàn dāi] [gan dai]—
干 [gan] (gān) is a phonetic loan character (假借字 [jia jie zi]) for 幹 [gan] (gàn). (gān dāi) refers to doing foolish things (做傻事 [zuo sha shi]). In Chapter Four (第四回 [di si hui]) of Water Margin (水滸傳 [shui hu chuan]): "How foolish of me! If I had known earlier about this place (去处 [qu chu]), I wouldn't have snatched that barrel of wine from him to drink, but would have come down myself to buy some to drink."

gàn dāi: gàn shì gàn de jiǎ jiè zì. “gàn dāi” zhǐ zuò shǎ shì. < shuǐ hǔ chuán> dì sì huí: “gàn dāi me! ǎn zǎo zhī yǒu zhè gè qù chù, bù duó tā nà tǒng jiǔ chī, yě zì xià lái mǎi xiē chī.”

gan dai: gan shi gan de jia jie zi. "gan dai" zhi zuo sha shi. < shui hu chuan> di si hui: "gan dai me! an zao zhi you zhe ge qu chu, bu duo ta na tong jiu chi, ye zi xia lai mai xie chi."

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敢待 [gǎn dài] [gan dai]—
About to, approximately about to. From Yuan Dynasty (元 [yuan]) play by Guan Hanqing (關漢卿 [guan han qing]), The Injustice to Dou E (《竇娥冤 [dou e yuan]》), Prologue (楔子 [xie zi]): "Around this time, Scholar Dou (竇秀才 [dou xiu cai]) is probably about to arrive." From Yuan Dynasty (元 [yuan]) play by Wang Shifu (王實甫 [wang shi fu]), The Romance of the Western Chamber (《西廂記 [xi xiang ji]》), Book One (第一本 [di yi ben]), Scene One (第一折 [di yi zhe]): "After lingering for a while, Master (師父 [shi fu]) is probably about to return."

gǎn dài: jiāng yào, dà yuē jiù yào. yuán． guān hàn qīng < dòu é yuān． xiē zi>: “zhè zǎo wǎn dòu xiù cái gǎn dài lái yě.” yuán． wáng shí fǔ < xī xiāng jì． dì yī běn． dì yī zhé>: “pán huán yī huì, shī fù gǎn dài huí lái.”

gan dai: jiang yao, da yue jiu yao. yuan. guan han qing < dou e yuan. xie zi>: "zhe zao wan dou xiu cai gan dai lai ye." yuan. wang shi fu < xi xiang ji. di yi ben. di yi zhe>: "pan huan yi hui, shi fu gan dai hui lai."

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感戴 [gǎn dài] [gan dai]—
To be grateful for the kindness (德惠 [de hui]) of others, and to respect (尊敬 [zun jing]) and support (擁護 [yong hu]) them.
From "Records of the Three Kingdoms" (《三國志 [san guo zhi]》), Volume 56, "Book of Wu" (《吳書 [wu shu]》), "Biography of Zhu Huan" (《朱桓傳 [zhu huan chuan]》): "When a plague (疫癘 [yi li]) was encountered and grain and food (穀食 [gu shi]) became scarce and expensive, Huan (桓 [huan]) assigned capable officials (良吏 [liang li]), personally supervised medical care (醫藥 [yi yao]), and continuously provided meals and porridge (飱粥 [sun zhou]). The officials and common people (士民 [shi min]) were deeply grateful to him."
From "Dream of the Red Chamber" (《紅樓夢 [hong lou meng]》), Chapter 62: "It's also difficult for the two concubines (姨娘 [yi niang]) to have suffered grievances (受委屈 [shou wei qu]); we young masters (爺兒們 [ye er men]) are endlessly grateful (不盡 [bu jin])."

gǎn dài: gǎn niàn tā rén de dé huì ér zūn jìng yōng hù. < sān guó zhì． juǎn wǔ liù． wú shū． zhū huán chuán>: “wǎng yù yì lì, gǔ shí huāng guì, huán fēn bù liáng lì, yǐn qīn yī yào, sūn zhōu xiāng jì, shì mín gǎn dài zhī.” < hóng lóu mèng> dì liù èr huí: “yòu nán wèi liǎng wèi yí niáng shòu wěi qū, wǒ men yé ér men gǎn dài bù jǐn.”

gan dai: gan nian ta ren de de hui er zun jing yong hu. < san guo zhi. juan wu liu. wu shu. zhu huan chuan>: "wang yu yi li, gu shi huang gui, huan fen bu liang li, yin qin yi yao, sun zhou xiang ji, shi min gan dai zhi." < hong lou meng> di liu er hui: "you nan wei liang wei yi niang shou wei qu, wo men ye er men gan dai bu jin."