"tattle" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 告狀 (兒童用語)
• 打小報告

Definition

向別人告發他人的小錯誤或不當行為，經常指孩子向大人訴說小事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常指孩子間的小報告，非正式用語。常見搭配有‘tattle on someone’（打別人的小報告）、‘don’t tattle’。成人很少用，語氣較負面。

Examples

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

請不要每件小事都去**告狀**你妹妹。

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

有些孩子在同學違反規則時會向老師**告狀**。

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

他不喜歡**告狀**，所以沒有說發生了什麼。

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

如果你老是**告狀**，朋友們可能會覺得你很煩。

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

「別當個**小告密鬼**了，把這件事放下吧。」她對她弟弟說。

Kids sometimes tattle just to get attention from adults.

孩子有時候**告狀**只是為了引起大人的注意。