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title: "Dezui Meaning: 得罪 (dézuì) Means “to offend”"
description: "得罪 (dézuì) means “to offend; to displease”. Hear its tones, see what 得 and 罪 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dezui"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 得罪 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

得罪 dézuì

## to offend; to displease

## Its characters

1. 得 dé to obtain
2. 罪 zuì crime

## In a sentence

我不小心得罪了他。 I accidentally offended him.

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## More words with 得 or 罪

- [不得 bùdé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bude)
- [不得不 bùdébù](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budebu)
- [不得了 bùdeliǎo](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/budeliao)
- [不由得 bùyóude](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/buyoude)
- [得到 dédào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dedao)
- [得分 défēn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/defen)
- [得了吧 déleba](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/deleba)
- [得以 déyǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/deyi)
- [得知 dézhī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dezhi)
- [懂得 dǒngde](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dongde)

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