还死缠活缠的

[billykid]

Hey.

In this scene, someone keeps bothering some people at their door. After a bit, someone in the house says this:

还死缠活缠的 ， 我来赶他走

Thanks in advance.

[OneEye]

[He's] still stalking, I'll come chase him away.

死纏活纏 -- idiom that means "to stalk a person incessantly"

[billykid]

Thanks.

Can that meaning be added to the database?

[OneEye]

I have no idea what database you're talking about.

[billykid]

This site: http://www.mdbg.net

That site linked to this one but I suppose the two aren't related?

[renzhe]

MDBG is an online dictionary which currently maintains the free downloadable CC-CEDICT dictionary.

You can add definitions using their online interface, and they will be reviewed by some editors for inclusion.

CC-CEDICT is fantastic since it's the biggest Free dictionary out there using a permissive license. We used it extensively for our First Episode Project. There are other online dictionaries you can use free of charge, but you can't download the whole dictionary, and you are typically not allowed to duplicate or use their definitions for anything.

That said, CC-CEDICT (and thus MDBG) is not the most comprehensive online dictionary out there and misses some important stuff. The best way to help is to add definitions when you see that something is missing.

To the best of my knowledge, MDBG is not related to chinese-forums, other than the fact that many Chinese learners use both.

[billykid]

Thanks. So I don't have to actually download CC-CEDICT since MDBG is basically the up to date version of it?

[renzhe]

Yes.

It can still be useful to download it if you use an offline program based on CC-CEDICT, or want to write scripts to automatically look up words, and similar.