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To answer a parent, teacher, or boss when they tell you what to do, instead of accepting it quietly. Chinese has a perfect match: 頂嘴. You talk back TO someone; there is no object without 'to'.
頂嘴
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
talk backverb
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To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner.
- Jane talked back a little too often.
- Jane talked back to most of her teachers.
- 2
To return disrespect.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。