叫板
jiào bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

叫板
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jiào bǎn
  1. to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. (coll.) to challenge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to call
  3. 3 to order
  4. 4 to ask
  5. 5 to be called
  6. 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
jiào zuò
  1. 1 to be called
  2. 2 to be known as
jiào hǎo
  1. 1 to applaud
  2. 2 to cheer

Idioms (7)

一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 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. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 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
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
大喊大叫
dà hǎn dà jiào
  1. 1 shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
  2. 2 to rant
  3. 3 to kick up a racket
  4. 4 to conduct vigorous propaganda