"tattle" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 告状 (儿童用语)
• 打小报告

Definition

向别人告发他人的小错误或不当行为，经常指孩子向大人诉说小事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

通常指孩子间的小报告，不是正式词汇。常见搭配有‘tattle on someone’（打别人小报告）、‘don’t tattle’。大人很少这样用，语气偏负面。

Examples

Please don't tattle on your sister for every little thing.

请不要每件小事都去**告状**你妹妹。

Some kids tattle to the teacher when their classmates break the rules.

有些孩子在同学违反规则时会向老师**告状**。

He doesn't like to tattle, so he kept quiet about what happened.

他不喜欢**告状**，所以没有说发生了什么。

If you tattle all the time, your friends might get annoyed with you.

如果你老是**告状**，朋友们可能会觉得你很烦。

"Stop being a tattletale and just let it go," she told her brother.

“别当个**小告密鬼**了，放下这件事吧。”她对弟弟说。

Kids sometimes tattle just to get attention from adults.

孩子有时候**告状**只是为了引起大人的注意。