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<p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3325/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">賠</a></p>
<p><em>(1)compensate; indemnify</em></p>
<p><em>(2) apologize</em></p>
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<p><a href="https://translate.google.com/#zh-CN/en/%E8%B3%A0%E7%AC%91" rel="nofollow noreferrer">賠笑</a> = smile apologetically</p>
<p>[<strong>赔着</strong>]笑脸 = [<strong>serve up</strong>] a smiling face (apologetically)</p>
<p><em>八戒 had naughty thoughts about the three girls. His subconscious guilty feeling was showing on his face with an apologetic smile</em></p>

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Tang Ho
<p>赔笑: literally, you "pay" your smile to sb. , implying 讨好， curry favor with sb, show your goodness and etc. </p>

<p>Well, 陪笑 is you just follow someone to smile and it doesn't have the connotation of being a suck-up. </p>

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dan
<p>赔： compensate, pay for</p>

<p>I can't really get '赔着笑脸' Maybe 'it cost him his smile to leave' i.e. he was sad to leave??? </p>

<p>Or is there some other meaning in 赔？</p>

<p>八戒偷眼一看，那三个女儿美如天仙，不由得想入非非，赔着笑脸走了过去。</p>

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[“赔着笑脸”对呢还是“陪着笑脸”对呢](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/337268467.html)
young99
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陪笑脸 is in dictionaries:bkrs:[put up a smiling face in order to please another] 以笑脸对人, 使人息怒或使人高兴
他在和旁人接触时, 已经不自觉地习惯于一种陪笑脸的谦卑表情
péi xiào liǎn
对人装出笑脸。
西游记．第三十回：「只见那怪怒目攒眉，咬牙切齿。那公主还陪笑脸迎道：『郎君有何事这等烦恼？』」
亦作「赔笑脸」。
meet rudeness with a flattering smile
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What does 赔着 mean in this sentence?
# What does 赔着 mean in this sentence?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-08)

赔： compensate, pay for

I can't really get '赔着笑脸' Maybe 'it cost him his smile to leave' i.e. he was sad to leave???

Or is there some other meaning in 赔？

八戒偷眼一看，那三个女儿美如天仙，不由得想入非非，赔着笑脸走了过去。

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [“赔着笑脸”对呢还是“陪着笑脸”对呢](https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/337268467.html)  
> **username_2**: 陪笑脸 is in dictionaries:bkrs:[put up a smiling face in order to please another] 以笑脸对人, 使人息怒或使人高兴 他在和旁人接触时, 已经不自觉地习惯于一种陪笑脸的谦卑表情 péi xiào liǎn 对人装出笑脸。 西游记．第三十回：「只见那怪怒目攒眉，咬牙切齿。那公主还陪笑脸迎道：『郎君有何事这等烦恼？』」 亦作「赔笑脸」。 meet rudeness with a flattering smile  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-08. Score: 2

> [賠](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3325/)
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> *(1)compensate; indemnify*
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> *(2) apologize*

[賠笑](https://translate.google.com/#zh-CN/en/%E8%B3%A0%E7%AC%91) = smile apologetically

[**赔着**]笑脸 = [**serve up**] a smiling face (apologetically)

*八戒 had naughty thoughts about the three girls. His subconscious guilty feeling was showing on his face with an apologetic smile*


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-06-08. Score: 1

赔笑: literally, you "pay" your smile to sb. , implying 讨好， curry favor with sb, show your goodness and etc.

Well, 陪笑 is you just follow someone to smile and it doesn't have the connotation of being a suck-up.


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