叫板
jiào bǎn
Pinyin
Definition
叫板
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- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
- (coll.) to challenge
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
一板一眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
- 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
叫苦不迭
- 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
- 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
- 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
- 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
- 3 incessant whining
大喊大叫
- 1 shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
- 2 to rant
- 3 to kick up a racket
- 4 to conduct vigorous propaganda